Comparison of numerical and experimental methods for determination of SAR and radiation patterns of handheld wireless telephones

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 93-101

  Gandhi, Om P ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^a   Tinniswood, Adam ^a   Yu, Qi Shan ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD files; Cellular telephones; Expanding grid; FDTD calculations; Phantom models; SAR measurements

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHANTOMS;

CAD FILES; EXPANDING GRID; FINE RESOLUTION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN CALCULATIONS; HANDHELDS; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHANTOMS; PRO ENGINEER; SAR MEASUREMENT;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NECK; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032618965     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4+<93::AID-BEM11>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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