Estimation of Effective Permittivity and Effective Thickness of Inhomogeneous Materials at 52 – 70 GHz

Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EuCAP 2009

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Felbecker, Robert; Keusgen, Wilhelm; Kortke, Andreas; Peter, Michael (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract:
In this paper, a free-space method is used to measure the reflection coefficient of various materials in the 60 GHz band. This measurement method may be used to determine the effective permittivity and effective thickness of inhomogeneous materials. The materials of interest are carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CRP) and glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) as used in aircraft passenger cabins. Homogeneous materials like glass and acrylic glass are used to validate the method for the estimation of the effective permittivity and effective thickness.