Cellular-phone and hearing-aid interaction: An antenna solution

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Yang, Taeyoung ^a   Davis, William A ^a   Stutzman, Warren L ^a   Huynh, Minh Chau ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic radiative interference; Finite element methods; Hearing aids; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Land mobile radio equipment; Land mobile radio interference; Mobile antennas; Moment methods; Ultra wideband (UWB) antenna

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTENNAS; AUDITION; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEARING AIDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; RADAR INTERFERENCE; RADIO EQUIPMENT; RADIO INTERFERENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE SETS; TESTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIVE INTERFERENCE; LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS; LAND MOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT; LAND MOBILE RADIO INTERFERENCE; MOMENT METHODS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNA;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 48349115165     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4563564     Document Type: Article

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