Evaluation of the SAR distribution in the human head for cellular phones used in a partially closed environment

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-366

  Bernardi, Paolo ^a,b   Cavagnaro, Marta ^b   Pisa, Stefano ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PROBES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TELEPHONE ANTENNA; TEMPERATURE SENSING PROBES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0030212093     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.536066     Document Type: Article

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