Influence of plane-wave incidence angle on whole body and local exposure at 2100 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-52

  Conil, Emmanuelle ^a   Hadjem, Abdelhamid ^a   Gati, Azeddine ^a   Wong, Man Fai ^a   Wiart, Joe ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; illuminated surface; plane waves; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC MODELS; ELEVATION ANGLE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; HUMAN POPULATION; ILLUMINATED SURFACE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; PLANE WAVE; PLANE WAVES; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); VISIBLE HUMAN; WHOLE-BODY;

ABSORPTION; DOSIMETRY; ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 79951878542     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2010.2061849     Document Type: Article

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