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Near-field microwave microscope measurements to characterize bulk material properties

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Author(s)

Atif A. Imtiaz, Thomas Baldwin, Hans T. Nembach, Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Abstract

We measured bulk dielectric (Fused Silica), semiconductor (Silicon) and metal (Copper), with a Near-field Scanning Microwave Microscope (NSMM). We use three bulk materials to test the existing quasi-static theoretical approach to de-embed the materials properties of bulk materials. The known quasi-static models fit the data well with reasonale parameters for Silicon εs = 11.9, ς si = 50 S/m), and Fused Silicon εs = 4.44, tanδ = 1.3 x 10-4). However, for Copper, apart from quasi-static coupling with ςcu = 5.67x107 S/m), an additional resistive loss of 12 {Ω} originating from the Hertzian vertical-electric-dipole above homogenous conducting half-space is needed to fit the data. we also discuss the distinction of these bulk-materials upon the basis of the magnitude of their complex permittivity.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
90

Keywords

material properties, microwave microscopy, near-field antenna

Citation

Imtiaz, A. , Baldwin, T. , Nembach, H. , Wallis, T. and Kabos, P. (2007), Near-field microwave microscope measurements to characterize bulk material properties, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32646 (Accessed October 6, 2024)

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Created June 12, 2007, Updated January 27, 2020