FDTD simulations and measurements for cell phone with planar antennas

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 59, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1012-1030

  Fernández, Claudio R ^a   Bonadiman, Mateus ^a,b   De Salles, Alvaro A A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absorbed radiation dose; Electromagnetic field; Finite difference method; Mobile service radiocommunication; Monopole antenna; Portable telephone set; Radiation effect; Radiation pattern; Time domain method; Wave absorption

Indexed keywords

MOBILE SERVICE; PORTABLE TELEPHONE SET; RADIATION PATTERN; WAVE ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; RADIATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TELEPHONE;

EID: 10444241053     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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