Control of defects in the multilayer dielectric materials and coatings in the microwave range

The development of modern engineering is inextricably linked with the development of the new types of multilayer dielectric materials. Existing radio wave methods for monitoring interlayer defects in such materials exhibit low accuracy in reconstructing the geometric parameters of defects. The results of studying extended interlayer defects in the three-layer coating consisting of polymethyl methacrylate, F-4D PTFE, and semi-hard rubber by the method of surface electromagnetic waves are presented. The method is based on the solution of inverse problems in the reconstruction of the geometric parameters of extended interlayer defects of special multilayer materials and coatings from the frequency dependence of the attenuation coefficient of the field of a slow surface electromagnetic wave. Unlike the methods that make use from the complex reflection coefficient we proposed to increase the accuracy of the reconstruction of the geometric parameters of extended interlayer defects taking into account the linear frequency dependence of the attenuation coefficient as well as reducing the number of fixed measurement frequencies. Moreover, the determination procedure is rather simple, since only the field strength of the surface electromagnetic wave is measured, and there is no need for phase measurements. Experimental data obtained on a multifrequency measuring complex in the range of 10 – 11 GHz were used for reconstruction of the interlayer defects in the coating under study. The developed method provided a relative error of thickness estimation below 10%. The proposed method approach can be used in studying multilayer dielectric coatings on the metal for detection of delamination in the lack of glue or poor adhesion between the layers. The developed method is also suitable for control of the defects in semiconductors, ferrite and composite materials.

multilayer dielectric coating, defect, inverse problem, attenuation coefficient of the field of the surface electromagnetic wave, transverse resonance method

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