Design, fabrication and application of a dedicated thick-film hybrid time domain reflectometer

This work presents a design process for developing a dedicated hybrid thick-film time domain reflectometer. The design process allows for variation of the pulse generator characteristics as well as the output impedance of the unit. The unit is fabricated using standard thick-film hybrid techniques while giving consideration to problems encountered at microwave frequencies. This thesis also presents an overview of time domain reflectometry and its applications. Special emphasis is given to the problem of characterizing material dielectric constants using delay measurements.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Keys, Joel Edwin

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Riad, Sedki Mohamed

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Elshabini-Riad, Aicha A.
• Stephenson, F. William

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11172012-040053

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45778