Broadband Reflectometry for Enhanced Diagnostics and Monitoring Applications

• Main Authors: Cataldo, Andrea (Author), De Benedetto, Egidio (Author), Cannazza, Giuseppe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 93
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

This book is dedicated to the adoption of broadband microwave reflectometry (BMR)-based methods for diagnostics and monitoring applications. This electromagnetic technique has established as a powerful tool for monitoring purposes; in fact, it can balance several contrasting requirements, such as th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Physical Principles
• Broadband Reflectometry: Theoretical Background.-  Quantitative and Qualitative Characterization of Liquid Materials
• Qualitative Characterization of Granular Materials and Moisture
• Measurements 
• BMR Characterization of Antennas Through the Combined TD/FD
• Approach.