Fast, Nondestructive, and Broadband Dielectric Characterization for Polymer Sheets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Scheme for the Fast Dielectric Characterization
3. Theoretical Model for the Complex Permittivity Retrieval
4. Experimental Setup and Comparison with HFSS Simulation
5. Results and Discussions
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | ||
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PTFE | 2.14 ± 0.3% | <0.001 |
(1.95) [26] | ||
PP | 2.45 ± 0.1% | <0.001 |
(2.29~2.30) [27] | ||
PE | 2.44 ± 0.6% | <0.001 |
(2.35~2.37) [27] | ||
PVC | 2.8 ± 0.3% | <0.005 |
(2.50) [28] | ||
PC | 2.88 ± 0.1% | <0.001 |
(2.76) [29] | ||
PVDF | 2.77 ± 0.3% | 0.02 ± 11.8% |
(1.5~10) [30,31,32,33] | (0.02~0.16) [30] | |
PMMA | 2.77 ± 0.1% | 0.011 ± 16.9% |
(2.60~2.67) [27] | (0.015~0.061) [27] | |
FR4_Gb | 4.29 ± 0.3% | 0.026 ± 4.6% |
(3.5~5) [34,35,36] | (0.015~0.02) [18,19,20] | |
FR4_Yb | 4.82 ± 0.2% | 0.02 ± 3.1% |
FR4_Ga | 5.06 ± 0.2% | 0.017 ± 5.2% |
FR4_Ya | 5.44 ± 0.8% | 0.02 ± 7.3% |
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Yao, H.-Y.; Hsiao, D.-R.; Chang, T.-H. Fast, Nondestructive, and Broadband Dielectric Characterization for Polymer Sheets. Polymers 2020, 12, 1891. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12091891
Yao H-Y, Hsiao D-R, Chang T-H. Fast, Nondestructive, and Broadband Dielectric Characterization for Polymer Sheets. Polymers. 2020; 12(9):1891. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12091891
Chicago/Turabian StyleYao, Hsin-Yu, Dan-Ru Hsiao, and Tsun-Hsu Chang. 2020. "Fast, Nondestructive, and Broadband Dielectric Characterization for Polymer Sheets" Polymers 12, no. 9: 1891. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12091891