How to Use Kappa Extractor
- A square cavity resonator would have to be constructed on the dielectric that you are interested in characterizing. This resonator must resonate at the frequency you are interested in extracting the permittivity at. This cavity can be constructed on a board with a via fence or the cavity can have solid walls. As shown in the diagram below, the port pins should be inserted one-quarter the distance inwards from the corners. This is a shorted cavity resonator, where the pins are shorted at the base of the cavity.
- The cavity resonator needs to be measured on a VNA. Enough points must be used in order to attain smooth peaks at the resonance frequencies.
- The width and height of the cavity along with the port locations should be verified by measurement.
- The two-port Touchstone measurement file can be imported into Kappa Extractor and all the parameters of the particular resonator can be entered into the fields.
- Finally, you can choose whether to optimize or keep fixed the dielectric constant, loss tangent, cavity height, and/or surface roughness.
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Example with Megtron 6
Engin, Arif Ege, et al. “Mixed-Port Scattering and Hybrid Parameters for High-Speed Differential Lines.” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, PP, no. 99, 2018, pp. 1–8.
Associated measurement files are core_megtron6.s2p and prepreg_megtron6.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter files for import [.xlsx] are core_megtron6.xlsx and prepreg_megtron6.xlsx.
Example with Liquid Crystalline Polymer (LCP)
Engin, Arif Ege, et al. “Nonoverlapping Power/Ground Planes for Suppression of Power Plane Noise.” IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 8, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50–56.
Associated measurement file is top_40_5.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter file for import [.xlsx] is top_40_5.xlsx.
Example with FR4
Engin, A. Ege, et al. “Power Plane Filter Using Higher Order Virtual Ground Fence.” IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 7, no. 4, 2017, pp. 519–525.
Associated measurement files are thin_core.s2p and thin_prepreg.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter files for import [.xlsx] are thin_core.xlsx and thin_prepreg.xlsx.
Example with RO4450F
Engin, A, et al. “Power Archipelago for Filtering Power Plane Noise.” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 58, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1602–1608.
Associated measurement file is pa.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter file for import [.xlsx] is pa.xlsx.
Example with HTCC
A. Ege Engin and Pavithra Pasunoori (2012) Automated Complex Permittivity Characterization of Ceramic Substrates Considering Surface-Roughness Loss. Additional Conferences (Device Packaging, HiTEC, HiTEN, & CICMT): September 2012, Vol. 2012, No. CICMT, pp. 000613-000620.
Associated measurement files are cavity3.s2p and cavity4.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter files for import [.xlsx] are cavity_3.xlsx and cavity_4.xlsx.
Example with Rogers FR-4 Material
Engin, A.E. “Extraction of Dielectric Constant and Loss Tangent Using New Rapid Plane Solver and Analytical Debye Modeling for Printed Circuit Boards.” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 58, no. 1, 2010, pp. 211–219.
Associated measurement file is RO1_SHORT_4.s2p.
Associated cavity parameter file for import [.xlsx] is RO1_SHORT_4.xlsx.