Preparing for 6G: Developing best practices and standards for industrial measurements of low-loss dielectrics

Published

May 23, 2023

Author(s)

Lucas Enright, Marzena Olszewska-Placha, Michael Hill, Say Phommakesone, Daisuke Kato, Charles Hill, Hanna Kahari, Chiawen Lee, Chang-Sheng Chen, Nate Orloff, Malgorzata Celuch, Urmi Ray

Abstract

With growing interest in millimeter-wave (mmWave, 30 GHz – 300 GHz) technologies, researchers and manufacturers need standard reference materials and best practices for measurement validation, material acceptance, and quality assurance. Today, there is no standard reference material for dielectric permittivity and loss tangent in the mmWave regime. Here, we show the results of round robin experiments that evaluate the current state-of-the-art methods in dielectric measurements. Due to the wide spread in these results, we identify the need for a standard reference material at mmWave.

Proceedings Title

2023 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP)

Conference Dates

April 19-22, 2023

Conference Location

Kumamoto, JP

Pub Type

Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEP58572.2023.10129693

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Keywords

Dielectrics, measurements, mmWave, standard reference material

Citation

Enright, L. , Olszewska-Placha, M. , Hill, M. , Phommakesone, S. , Kato, D. , Hill, C. , Kahari, H. , Lee, C. , Chen, C. , Orloff, N. , Celuch, M. and Ray, U. (2023), Preparing for 6G: Developing best practices and standards for industrial measurements of low-loss dielectrics, 2023 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP), Kumamoto, JP, [online], https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEP58572.2023.10129693, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936252 (Accessed October 17, 2025)