Table 2 Calculated RMSE values of \(\Re e \{ S_{11}^D \}\), \(\Re e \{ S_{21}^D \}\), \(\Re e \{ S_{12}^D \}\), \(\Re e \{S_{22}^D \}\), \(\Im m\{ S_{11}^D \}\), \(\Im m\{ S_{21}^D \}\), \(\Im m\{ S_{12}^D \}\), and \(\Im m\{ S_{22}^D \}\) for the methods22,46,47,48,49 and our proposed method.

From: De-embedding method for a sensing area characterization of planar microstrip sensors without evaluating error networks

RMSE

Calibration or De-embedding Technique

values

22

46

47

48

49

PM

\(\Re e \{ S_{11}^D \}\)

0.0260

0.0289

0.0318

0.0281

0.0271

\(\Re e \{ S_{21}^D \}\)

0.0199

0.0215

0.0218

0.0241

0.0208

0.0206

\(\Re e \{ S_{12}^D \}\)

0.0196

0.0219

0.0219

0.0241

0.0207

0.0202

\(\Re e \{ S_{22}^D \}\)

0.0254

0.0291

0.0306

0.0277

0.0264

\(\Im m \{ S_{11}^D \}\)

0.0265

0.0295

0.0324

0.0289

0.0279

\(\Im m \{ S_{21}^D \}\)

0.0201

0.0212

0.0222

0.0217

0.0211

0.0203

\(\Im m \{ S_{12}^D \}\)

0.0199

0.0218

0.0217

0.0244

0.0209

0.0200

\(\Im m \{ S_{22}^D \}\)

0.0262

0.0282

0.0315

0.0284

0.0271