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Effective dielectric constant in multilayer PCB design

Top => copper PP1 => RO4350B L2 => copper PP2 => FR4 L3 => copper PP3 => 185HR L4 => copper This is my PCB stackup. In the top layer, I have a 50 Ω controlled RF trace. The ...
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Relays: What is High Contact Stability?

This TE RF relay datasheet shows the component coming in three varieties: High Dielectric High Contact Stability High Current So high-current is obvious (right?), and (correct me if I'm wrong) high ...
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How to increase efficiency of antenna without moving antenna far from tree?

I have designed a monopole antenna at 868MHz frequency. Now I would like to attach that antenna to the tree (wood). But, due to Why does placing an antenna far from the wood increase the efficiency of ...
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Why does placing an antenna far from the wood increase the efficiency of the antenna?

I designed a monopole antenna at 868MHz frequency. I placed wood as the surrounding material. I noticed that placing the antenna far from the wood increases the efficiency of the antenna. Can anyone ...
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Decide coherent time and fade duration through empirical studies on the channel and relate them to channel modeling

I. Scenario: TX floating in the lossy heterogeneous medium with undetermined positions within a limited region; RX fixed in the air and closed to the boundary of air-lossy medium; Frequency: 500 MHz ...
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Phased array minimum size

I want to know two things,how big does the phased array needs to be to form proper beam and what is the smallest area the beam can be focused.I learned little bit about lasers and with focal lense,the ...
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RF dielectric measurement of a sample

during non contact dielectric measurement of any sample using VNA and patch antennas,should the antenna dielectric be taken into consideration for calculations? i want to use a ultra wide band patch ...
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How can S11 component measurement circuit be made on a pcb?

I have a material whose dielectric properties need to be measured. I have done literature review on the physics & impedance based methods to determine the dielectric component. It requires S11 ...
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How to determine dielectric constant and loss tanget of a PCB board at a specific frequency?

I need to know dielectric constant (relative permittivity) and Tan loss of a FR4 board at 2.45 GHz. The specification of the manufacturer is as it is below: Dielectric Constant: Test method (IPC-TM-...
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Displacement current generation in dielectric and in vacuum? How is it different?

I understand how the displacement current work in dielectric such as in parallel plate capacitors but don't know how they would work in a vacuum where there is no dielectric present. Can someone ...
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