Human head interaction over ground plane booster antenna technology: Functional and biological analysis

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn , Issue 41, 2012, Pages 153-185

  Andujar A ^a   Anguera, Jaume ^a,b   Picher, C ^a   Puente, C ^c  

^a Technology and Intellectual Property Rights Department   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; ANTENNA PARAMETERS; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DUAL-BAND; FIGURE OF MERITS; GROUND PLANES; HANDSET ANTENNA; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEAD; NONRESONANT; PENTA-BAND OPERATION; PHONE CALLS; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA; POWER ABSORPTION; RADIATING SYSTEMS; SLOTTED GROUND PLANE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WIRELESS CONNECTION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADAR ANTENNAS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84864294581     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERB12040505     Document Type: Article

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