Reduction of the peak SAR in the human head with metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3763-3770

  Hwang, Jiunn Nan ^a   Chen, Fu Chiarng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lossy drude model; Metamaterials; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Split ring resonators (SRRs)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DRUDE MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; HUMAN HEAD; LOSSY DRUDE MODEL; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RADIATION PATTERNS; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPLIT RING RESONATOR;

ABSORPTION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; METAMATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RADAR ANTENNAS;

RING GAGES;

EID: 42449101323     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.886501     Document Type: Article

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