Microwave Properties of Yarns and Textiles Using a Resonant Microwave Cavity

Modified cavity perturbation methods for permittivity measurements of yarn and textile are described. A cylindrical cavity which is split into equal parts is designed to operate in the TE011 mode. The dielectric yarn is placed across the midplane of the cavity and a textile sample is placed in the cavity on a low-loss dielectric sheet in annular form. The shift in the resonant frequency and change in Q-factor are measured and the complex permittivity is calculated.