On the estimation of SAR and compliance distance related to RF exposure from mobile communication base station antennas

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 837-848

  Thors, Björn ^a   Strydom, Marie L ^b,c   Hansson, Björn ^a   Meyer, Frans J C ^b   Kärkkäinen, Kimmo ^d,e   Zollman, Peter ^f   Ilvonen, Sami ^g   Törnevik, Christer ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b EMSS   (South Africa)

^c CST GmbH   (Germany)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Equal Dreams Ltd   (Finland)

^f Vodafone   (United States)

^g AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field exposure; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Mobile communication base station antennas; Moment methods; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTENNAS; BASE STATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION ANTENNAS; MOMENT METHODS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 57049140972     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.2004605     Document Type: Article

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