Faster determination of mass-averaged SAR from 2-D area scans

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 2013-2020

  Kanda, Michael Y ^a   Douglas, Mark G ^a   Mendivil, Edwin D ^a   Ballen, Maurice ^a   Gessner, Andrew V ^a   Chou, Chung Kwang ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Mobile phones; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Wireless

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE PHONES; PHANTOMS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 4043069793     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832026     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. IEEE Standard for Safety Levels With Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, IEEE Standard C95.1-1999, 1999.
2. ICNIRP, "International commission on nonionizing radiation protection guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)," Health Phys., vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 494-522, 1998.
3. "Evaluating compliance with FCC guidelines for human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields," FCC, Washington, DC, FCC OET Bull. 65 Ed. 97-01, Aug. 1997.
4. Q. Balzano, O. Garay, and T. J. Manning, "Electromagnetic energy exposure of simulated users of portable cellular telephones," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 44, pp. 390-403, Aug. 1995.
5. IEEE Recommended Practice for Determining the Peak Spatial-Average Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in the Human Head From Wireless Communications Devices: Measurement Techniques, IEEE Standard 1528-2003, 2003.
6. Basic Standard for the Measurement of Specific Absorption Rate Related to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields From Mobile Phones (300 MHz-3 GHz), CENELEC EN 50361: 2001, 2001.
7. M. Manning and P. Massey, "Rapid SAR testing of mobile phone prototype using a spherical test geometry," in IEE Tech. on Antenna Measurements and SAR Seminar, Loughborough, U.K., May 28-29, 2002.
8. J. C. Bolomey, "Efficient near-field techniques for human exposure evaluation: Applications to mobile and fixed antennas," presented at the Electromagnetic Environment and Human Exposure Evaluation Workshop of EMC, Sorrento, Italy, 2002.
9. M. Y. Kanda, M. Ballen, M. G. Douglas, A. Gessner, and C.-K. Chou, "Fast SAR determination of gram-averaged SAR from 2-D coarse scans," in 25th Annu. Bioelectromagnetics Society Meeting, Wailea Maui, HI, June 2003, pp. 45-46.
10. M. G. Douglas, M. Y. Kanda, and C.-K. Chou, "Post-processing errors in peak spatial-average SAR measurements of wireless handsets," in 25th Annu. Bioelectromagnetics Society Meeting, Wailea Maui, HI, June 2003, pp. 370-371.
11. N. Kuster and Q. Balzano, "Energy absorption mechanism by biological bodies in the near field of dipole antennas above 300 MHz," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 41, pp. 17-23, Feb. 1992.
12. Q. Yu, O. P. Gandhi, M. Aronsson, and D. Wu, "An automated SAR measurement system for compliance testing of personal wireless devices," IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. 41, pp. 234-245, Aug. 1999.
13. T. Schmid, O. Egger, and N. Kuster, "Automated E-field scanning system for dosimetric assessments," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 44, pp. 105-113, Jan. 1996.
14. A. Drossos, V. Santomaa, and N. Kuster, "The dependence of electromagnetic energy absorption upon human head tissue composition in the frequency range 300-3000 MHz," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, pp. 1988-1995, Nov. 2000.
15. "Additional Information for evaluating compliance of mobile and portable devices with FCC limits for human exposure to radiofrequency emissions," FCC, Washington, DC, FCC OET Bull. 65, Supp. C, Ed. 01-01, June 2001.
16. M. Siegbahn and C. Törnevik, "A SAR test procedure for wireless devices with simultaneous multi-band transmission," in IEEE AP-S Int. Symp., vol. 2, June 2003, pp. 1033-1036.