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Permittivity and Dielectric Loss Measurement of Paraffin Films for Mmw and Thz Applications Permittivity and Dielectric Loss Measurement of Paraffin Films for mmW and THz Applications Behnam Ghassemiparvin and Nima Ghalichechian ElectroScience Laboratory Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Email: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract—Complex permittivity measurement of thick paraf- measurement procedure was previously reported for SU-8 films fin films at the frequency range of 0.3 THz – 1 THz is presented. [3]. Paraffin is a low loss dielectric that undergoes reversible vol- umetric mechanical phase change. These unique properties of In the following section, measurement setup and the an- the paraffin can be employed to develop reconfigurable antenna alytical model that is used to extract complex dielectric per- systems and RF components at millimeter wave (mmW) and mittivity is described. In Section III, measurement results for terahertz (THz) bands. In order to characterize the dielectric various thickness of paraffin films are given. Discussion of the properties of the paraffin, terahertz time domain spectroscopy is results and inaccuracies are given in Section IV. used. Complex dielectric permittivity is modeled using Havriliak- Negami relaxation and measured data are fitted using three-layer propagation model. Measured loss tangent for various paraffin II. MEASUREMENT SETUP AND ANALYTICAL MODEL -3 -3 films is in the range of 0.3×10 – 7.7×10 and the relative For the measurement, four paraffin samples with thickness permittivity is found to be 2.26. of 0.5 mm to 1.6 mm are fabricated. Using a commercial Keywords—Loss tangent, millimeter-wave (mmW), paraffin, per- THz TDS system (TPS Spectra 3000 from TeraView Ltd), mittivity, terahertz, time-domain spectroscopy. transmittance and the phase of the transmitted wave through the samples are measured. Measurement environment is purged with N to remove the effects of the O and water vapor ab- I. INTRODUCTION 2 2 sorption. Measurements are performed in the range of 60 GHz Paraffin is a phase-change material that exhibits approxi- – 3 THz with a frequency resolution of 734 MHz. For the mately 15% volumetric change at relatively low temperature analysis, measured data in the range of 300 GHz – 1 THz that (75◦C). Also, this material exhibits low dielectric loss at mmW have acceptable signal-to-noise ratio are used. and THz frequencies. These unique features of paraffin can be used to develop reconfigurable antennas and RF components. THz TDS system is a free space measurement technique To employ these capabilities, complex permittivity characteri- and complex dielectric constant of the sample can be measured zation of the paraffin is needed. using the phase and amplitude of the transmitted pulsed wave. Considering a normal incident plane wave and isotropic homo- An earlier study on the dielectric loss mechanism of paraf- geneous medium, transmission coefficient through a paraffin fin is reported by Jackson where loss tangent of the paraffin slab can be found as [4], is measured using parallel plate condensers [1]. According 4k k exp(−j(k − k )d) to this study, loss tangent of the paraffin over the frequency 0 d d 0 T = 2 2 (1) range of 1.8 MHz - 14.2 MHz is less than 5×10-3. Manzari (k0 + k2) − (kd − k0) exp(−2jkdd) et al. characterized the paraffin using a commercial network where kd and k0 are wavenumbers in paraffin and free space, analyzer at the frequency range of 800 MHz - 1 GHz and the respectively. d denotes the thickness of the sample. Note that relative dielectric constant and loss tangent is reported as 2.1 in this model, all the reflection and transmissions form the -4 and 9.8×10 , respectively [2]. boundaries are considered and T is the total transmission In the previous studies paraffin is characterized at lower coefficient. In Eq. (1), kd is a complex number whichp is related frequencies. However, these measurement techniques are not to the unknown complex permittivity as kd = ! µ00r. suitable for mmW and THz frequencies. Resonator-based Relative dielectric constant of the paraffin is modeled using techniques are inherently narrow band and measurements are Havriliak-Negami relation [5] as, only valid around the resonance frequency. In waveguide- s − 1 r = 1 + : (2) based measurements, conductor loss and radiation are dom- ((1 + (j!τ)1−α)β inant loss mechanisms. Consequently, this method does not have sufficient sensitivity for low-loss dielectric materials. Unknown parameters in Eq. (2) (s; 1; τ; α and β) as well as Unlike waveguide-based and resonator-based methods, free- the thickness of the sample, d, are determined using a iterative space technique offers accurate calculation of dielectric loss non-linear least-squares optimization by fitting the measured over a wide frequency range. In this study we use a free space transmittance data to the analytical transmission coefficient. measurement technique using THz time-domain spectroscopy Note that both phase and the amplitude measurements are used (TDS) to calculate the complex dielectric permittivity. Similar in the optimization. ×10-3 8 1.05 d=0.48 mm Experimental data d=0.68 mm Model d=1.016 mm 1 6 d=1.498 mm 0.95 δ 4 0.9 tan Transmittance 0.85 2 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0 Frequency (THz) 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Frequency (THz) (a) 4 Experimental data Fig. 2. Loss tangent of four paraffin samples and their estimated thickness. Model 2 2.5 d = 0.48 mm d=0.68 mm 0 2.4 d=1.016 mm d=1.498 mm Phase (Rad) ) -2 r 2.3 ǫ -4 Real ( 2.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Frequency (THz) 2.1 (b) 2 Fig. 1. (a) Amplitude and (b) phase of the measured and computed 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 transmission coefficient for 0.8 mm-thick sample. Frequency (THz) Fig. 3. Relative dielectric constant of four paraffin samples. III. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS Thickness of the four samples are measured using a mi- crometer with a resolution of 0.4 µm and the measured values the complex permittivity. Using this procedure, very low values are used as the initial estimate in the iterative optimization. for the loss tangent is measured. Real part of the permittivity Thickness of the samples are, 0.5 mm, 0.8 mm, 1.2 mm and is approximately constant over the wide frequency range of 1.6 mm. Unknown parameters for these samples are deter- 0.3 THz – 1 THz for different samples. Low loss characteristic mined by comparing the measured transmission coefficient of paraffin, makes it an attractive material for the fabrication and the analytical model. Fig.1 shows the amplitude and of mmW and THz components and antennas. phase of the transmittance with respect to frequency for the Even though, measurements results for real part of the 0.8 mm-thick sample. According to Fig. 1, experimental results permittivity is consistent for different thicknesses, loss tangent and the model are in good agreement and thickness of this calculations have some limitations. Measured loss tangent sample is estimated as 0.698 mm. Loss tangent (defined as, values vary for different samples. Non-planar surface of the tan δ = Im(r ) ) and the real part of the permittivity are plotted Re(r ) samples and its roughness could contribute to the errors. in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, respectively. Relative dielectric constant Another possible source of error is oblique incident angle. (r) is calculated to be 2.248 – 2.283 for all samples and it is To improve these preliminary results, more samples with found to be approximately constant for entire frequency band. uniform thickness will be measured. Furthermore, in order to -3 -3 Measured loss tangent is ranging from 0.3×10 to 7.7×10 avoid local minimas in the optimization scheme, transmittance for various thicknesses. In addition, loss tangent is increasing and reflectance values will be simultaneously included in our with respect to frequency which is consistent with the previous model. study performed on n-Alkanes [6]. IV. DISCUSSION REFERENCES A systematic approach to measure the complex dielectric [1] W. Jackson, “The mechanism of dielectric loss in paraffin wax solutions at high radio frequencies,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. constant of the thick paraffin films over the wide frequency Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, vol. 150, no. 869, pp. range of 0.3 THz – 1 THz was presented. Transmitted wave 197–220, May 1935. through paraffin films are measured using time-domain spec- [2] S. Manzari, A. A. Babar, L. Ukkonen, A. Z. Elsherbeni, G. Marrocco, troscopy and an analytical model is used to accurately extract and L. Sydnheimo, “Performance analysis of pure paraffin wax as rfid tag substrate,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 442–446, February 2012. [3] N. Ghalichechian and K. Sertel, “Permittivity and loss characterization of su-8 films for mmw and terahertz applications,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 14, pp. 723–726, December 2014. [4] W. Chew, Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media. IEEE Press, 1996. [5] S. Havriliak and S. Negami, “A complex plane representation of dielectric and mechanical relaxation processes in some polymers,” Polymer, vol. 8, pp. 161 – 210, 1967. [6] D. Nickel and D. 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