IEICE Transactions on Electronics
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Dielectric Measurement for Liquids Using a Coaxial-Feed Type Large-Bore Cut-Off Circular Waveguide with Good Repeatability
Kouji SHIBATAMasaki KOBAYASHI
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2025 Volume E108.C Issue 3 Pages 164-168

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This paper proposes a jig structure for a large-diameter coaxial-feed type stepped cut-off circular waveguide to enable accurate measurement of permittivity for liquids with good repeatability in the MHz band. The jig combines an N connector and a metal sample holder with an inner diameter slightly larger than that of the connector flange’s outer conductor. The accuracy of S11 evaluation under short termination conditions was improved by this construction. To verify the validity of the proposed structure, several jig sets and short metal rods for S11 calibration were made. S11 was measured multiple times using the VNA when the jig tip was short, open, and with a reference material inserted (here, pure water), with methanol and ethanol as unknown liquids. The permittivity of each liquid was estimated by substituting the measured S11 value above into a formula involving comparison with SOM termination (short/open conditions and a known material). The liquid estimation results obtained were compared with those evaluated based on an inverse problem via MMT (mode-matching technique), with results showing good agreement, simple and stable evaluation with little variation over multiple dielectric evaluations at low frequency.

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