Modeling of interaction of electromagnetic fields from a cellular telephone with hearing aids

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1686-1693

  Okoniewski, Michal ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular telephone; EMI; FDTD; Hearing aids; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEARING AIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PULSE MODULATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MONOPOLE ANTENNA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0032205405     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734560     Document Type: Article

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