Computer simulation of the human-body effects on a circular-loop-wire antenna for radio-pager communications at 152, 280, and 400 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 544-559

  Chuang, Huey Ru ^a   Chen, Wen Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CIE MoM; Human body effect; Loop antenna; Magnetic frill; Radio pager

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAGING SYSTEMS;

HUMAN BODY EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FRILL;

CYLINDRICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031212108     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.618179     Document Type: Article

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