A quasi-optical Free-Space Method for Dielectric Constant Characterisation of Polymer Materials in the mm-wave band
 
A quasi-optical Free-Space Method for Dielectric Constant Characterisation of Polymer Materials in the mm-wave band ■
 
Amna Elhawil, Amna Elhawil, Amna Elhawil, Lixiao Zhang, Lixiao Zhang, Lixiao Zhang, Johan Stiens, Johan Stiens, Johan Stiens, Cathleen De Tandt, Cathleen De Tandt, Cathleen De Tandt, G. Van Assche, G. Van Assche, G. Van Assche, A. Alexander, A. Alexander, A. Alexander, Roger Vounckx, Roger Vounckx, Roger Vounckx
 
Abstract ■

Abstract: Polymers attract more and more attention as low loss dielectric materials in RF and millimeter wave field, because of their interest properties at high frequencies. In this work, we report a Quasi-Optical free-space method to derive W-band dielectric constant of some common-used polymers including Polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylchloride, Nylon66, Mylar, polytetra-fluorethylene, polypropylene, high and low density polyethylene, kapton and polyethersulfone. Free-space transmission/ reflection coefficients of the aforementioned materials are measured with a millimeter wave network analyzer. Genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to compute the complex dielectric constant. The results are compared with those in other previously published works.