An accurate measurement technique for line properties, junction effects, and dielectric and magnetic material parameters

Transmission/reflection coefficients of unknown transmission lines are analyzed. The characteristic impedance, the propagation constant, and the parameters of the junctions at the connections with the measurement setup can be calculated if the coefficients of three different lengths of the line being investigated are measured. Therefore it is called the L/sup 3/ method (line/line/line). Transmission data suffice for the determination of only the propagation constant. They are used in the case of material parameter measurements with loaded lines. Dielectric and magnetic properties of the filling material are calculated using the set of transverse resonance equations.<
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