Estimation of the peak power density in the vicinity of cellular and radio base station antennas

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-290

  Cicchetti, Renato ^a   Faraone, Antonio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Array antennas; Electromagnetic energy (EME) exposure; Near field propagation; Radio base station; Radio frequency densitometry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR BASE STATION ARRAY ANTENNAS; COLLINEAR ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY EXPOSURE; NEAR FIELD PROPAGATION; PEAK EQUIVALENT POWER DENSITY; RADIO BASE STATION; RADIOFREQUENCY DENSITOMETRY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 2942655227     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2004.826885     Document Type: Article

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