Consideration of the local SAR and radiation characteristics of a helical antenna using a cylindroid whole body phantom at 150 MHz

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

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-60

  Koyanagi, Yoshio ^a,b   Kawai, Hiroki ^b   Ogawa, Koichi ^c   Ito, Koichi ^b  

^a Panasonic Corporation   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business wireless terminal; Human body phantom; Impedance mismatch loss; Local SAR; Normal mode helical antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NORMAL MODE HELICAL ANTENNA; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 0142028048     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecja.10084     Document Type: Article

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