Investigation of the effect of obliquely incident plane wave on a human head at 900 and 1800 MHz

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-140

  Omar, A A ^a   Bashayreh, Q M ^b   Al Shamali, A M ^b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Component; Dielectric properties; Head model; Reflection coefficient; SAR

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; EXACT FORMULAS; HEAD MODEL; HUMAN HEAD; MAXIMUM POWER; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; PLANE WAVE; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; REFLECTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 77649211551     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: 1099047X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20402     Document Type: Article

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