Aldo Morales, Professor, Penn State Harrisburg
Ji Li, Researcher, Penn State Harrisburg
Dr. Segig Agili, Associate Professor, Penn State Harrisburg
Mark Minns, Undergraduate Student Researcher, Penn State Harrisburg
Mike Resso, Business Development Manager for the Signal Integrity Applications,
Agilent Technologies

This paper is focused on the development of a simulation method in order to evaluate relative humidity and temperature effects of scattering parameters on transmission systems from DC to 26 GHz. The first step in the analysis is to design a number of experiments to quantify environmental impacts on S-parameters. Through comparison with several experiments, the proposed method demonstrates that humidity and temperature effects on transmission systems can be accurately modeled and predicted. This method can be applied to different Printed Circuit Board materials, and it will be useful to engineers and manufacturers interested in predicting environmental impacts on system performance.