Reflectometer Distance Measurement Between Parallel Conductive Plates |
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accuracy of 0.025 amplitude antenna ground plane carrier conductive surface parallel continuous wave critical points dispersion extracted echo-pulse edge reflections envelope function Figure fixture GHz Stop frequency highly conductive surface horn immunity to phase input inverse Fourier transform Langley Research Center layer of lossy linear phase term local reflection main lobe measurement accuracy measurement approach measurement error measurement problem Microwave Reflectometer modulation NASA Neece parallel surfaces constitute periodic in 2/2 phase capture Phase delay phase term extracted plate spacing PPWG propagation primary pulse primary response produced by edge radian frequency radiating system modification reduced reflection coefficient Reflectometer Distance Measurement response with linear secondary reflections side-lobe sideband signal simple radiating system Stop frequency 15.800 suppress parallel-plate symmetry t=Tp tance target time-domain approach time-domain reflectometer tion transfer function trough ripple V₁ vector error subtraction vector network analyzer wave propagation waveguide WG window Z-axis multiple reflections Z-axis reflections