Human proximity effects on circular polarized handset antennas in personal satellite communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 813-820

  Colburn, Joseph S ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; FDTD; Helical antennas; Human interactions; Mom; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HUMAN HEAD PROXIMITY EFFECTS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032097037     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.686767     Document Type: Article

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