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This modified geometry also assures an improved sensitivity. Using the full wave electromagnetic solver, both the unloaded and loaded sensors are investigated. The numerical simulations are used to develop a mathematical model based on a curve fitting tool for both resonant frequencies, allowing to obtain analytical relations for real and imaginary parts of permittivity as a function of the sample\u2019s thickness and quality factor. The sensor is designed and fabricated on 1.6 mm thick FR-4 substrate. The measurements of different samples, such as transparent glass, acrylic glass, plexiglass, and Teflon, confirm that the modified SRR sensor is easy to implement and gives accurate results for all cases, with measurement errors smaller than 4.5%. In addition, the measurements highlight the importance of the second resonant frequency in the cases in which numerical limitations do not allow the usage of the first resonant frequency (1 mm thick sample).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20236855","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]],"date-time":"2020-11-30T10:26:12Z","timestamp":1606731972000},"page":"6855","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Modified Split Ring Resonators Sensor for Accurate Complex Permittivity Measurements of Solid Dielectrics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Amer Abbood","family":"al-Behadili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Telecommunication, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Faculty of Electronics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 00964, Iraq"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1922-3047","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iulia Andreea","family":"Mocanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Telecommunication, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Faculty of Electronics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Norocel","family":"Codreanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Technological Electronics and Interconnection Techniques, Department of Electronics Technology and Reliability, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Faculty of Electronics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mihaela","family":"Pantazica","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Technological Electronics and Interconnection Techniques, Department of Electronics Technology and Reliability, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Faculty of Electronics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7181","DOI":"10.1109\/JSEN.2015.2469683","article-title":"Design and Application of the CSRR-Based Planar Sensor for Noninvasive Measurement of Complex Permittivity","volume":"15","author":"Ansari","year":"2015","journal-title":"IEEE Sens. 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