Study of the effects of the shoulder on the effective gain characteristics in the multiple radio wave environment of a dipole antenna close to a human head

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part I: Communications (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Ogawa, Koichi ^a   Matsuyoshi, Toshimitsu ^a   Monma, Kenji ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN EFFECTIVE GAIN (MEG); SHOULDER EFFECTS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; GAIN CONTROL; HUMAN FORM MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES;

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035217317     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6424(200101)84:1<21::AID-ECJA3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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