Jean, B. Randall.Anderson, Christopher.Baylor University. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.2006-07-312017-04-072006-07-312017-04-072006-05-092006-07-31http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4206Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-83).A new method for the determination of complex permittivity values is explained. The Waveguide-Cutoff method consists of a rectangular chamber with loop antennas for excitation from a Vector Network Analyzer. It then utilizes a particle swarm optimization routine to determine Debye parameters for a given material within the sample. The system is compared to a common Open-Ended Coaxial Probe technique and found to have similar accuracy for determining the dielectric constant over the same frequency band. This syste, however, does not suffer from the same restrictions as the coaxial probe and has a much larger bandwidth than other transmission line methods of similar size.vi, 83 p. : ill.470476 bytes197927 bytes2951323 bytesapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/octet-streamen-USBaylor University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.Electric engineering -- Research.Wave guides -- Research.SoftwareWorldwide access