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Prototype Characterization Complete

A project log for 1.420 GHz Antenna

With on-board matching network.

robert-rouquetteRobert Rouquette 07/21/2020 at 15:390 Comments

I've completed characterization of the purple prototype boards, and the FR4 material is surprisingly good.

TL LengthTL 1/2 Wave ResonanceResonance Period
0.0254 m
2.847 GHz0.3512 ns
0.0381 m1.870 GHz0.5347 ns
0.0508 m1.432 GHz0.6983 ns

Performing a regression between the length and resonance period yields a fairly clean result:


This indicates that the phase velocity is 0.1462 m / ns which results in a relative permittivity of 4.202:

I'm still waiting on the after dark boards.

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