Network-based broadband modeling of material properties and passives from DC, RF, to THz domain accounting for anisotropy

Abstract

In this paper, experimental characterization and modeling of inhomogeneous materials from RF, mm-Wave to THz frequencies with emphasis on anisotropic materials including Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCP) and patterned silicon substrates using DT mesh are presented. Network-based broadband extraction of complex permittivity values and dissipation factors for various materials are discussed towards derivation of scalable models fulfilling Kramers-Kronig relationships for use in Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain modeling analysis.