Critical Study of Open-ended Coaxial Sensor by Finite Element Method (FEM)

M. A. Jusoh^a*, Z. Abbas^b, M. A. A. Rahman^b, C. E. Meng^c, M. F. Zainuddin^b, and F. Esa^b

^aFaculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
^bDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
^cSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

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