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Materials Characterization With Multiple Offset Reflects at Frequencies to 110 GHz

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Author(s)

Nina P. Basta, Aaron Hagerstrom, Jasper A. Drisko, Jim Booth, Edward Garboczi, Chris Long, Nate Orloff

Abstract

Understanding the electrical properties of materials is a necessary part of any microwave circuit design. In this article, we explore the possibility of employing multiple-offset-reflect devices for on-wafer materials characterization at frequencies up to 110 GHz. The objective of this new technique is to provide a one-port characterization technique that does not require a first-tier calibration. To verify our results, we performed companion analyses with multiline thru-reflect-line, extracting the permittivity of fused silica and SU-8, which is a common photocurable polymer. For fused silica, we obtained a relative permittivity of 3.80 ± 0.02 from 5 to 110 GHz. For SU-8, we obtained a relative permittivity of 3.25 ± 0.02 at 28 GHz, which agreed with the literature values.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume
68
Issue
1

Keywords

110 GHz, multiple offset, nondestructive', permittivity, short/reflect (one or two-port) calibration.

Citation

Basta, N. , Hagerstrom, A. , Drisko, J. , Booth, J. , Garboczi, E. , Long, C. and Orloff, N. (2020), Materials Characterization With Multiple Offset Reflects at Frequencies to 110 GHz, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2019.2950023 (Accessed October 14, 2024)

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Created January 8, 2020, Updated February 7, 2023