At the 2022 ACerS Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA) conference, CCAC graduate student Lucas Enright was awarded 2nd place for his talk entitled, “Developing a Standard Reference Material for 5G mmWave”.
Talk Abstract:
Developing a Standard Reference Material for 5G millimeter wave
L. Enright2; G. L. Brennecka1; N. Orloff2
1. Colorado School of Mines, USA / 2. NIST, Communications Technology Laboratory, USA
In 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology discontinued the standard reference material for dielectric constant and loss tangent. Today, there is no standard reference material for those
properties. With the development and rollout of 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology, manufacturers need standards to validate measurements techniques, accept new materials, and for quality assurance. While new cavity perturbation fixtures for dielectric measurements are now commercially available for low-loss dielectric measurements, industry still needs a standard to compare the different measurement techniques. Here, we take the first steps to developing a standard reference materials for dielectric constant and loss tangent. We present results from an industry-government round robin used to inform the design of the next standard reference material for dielectric constant and loss tangent. We describe our plans for a new standard and welcome any discussion about how to make these measurements more accessible to the broader community.
