Temperature increase in human heads due to different models of cellular phones

Electromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 439-459

  Chen, Hsing Yi ^a   Yang, Han Peng ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; SAR; Temperature increase

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HANDSETS; HUMAN HEAD MODEL; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747592342     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: 1532527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726340600837891     Document Type: Article

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