Evaluation of wireless resonant power transfer systems with human electromagnetic exposure limits

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-274

  Christ, Andreas ^a   Douglas, Mark G ^a   Roman, John M ^b   Cooper, Emily B ^b   Sample, Alanson P ^c   Waters, Benjamin H ^d   Smith, Joshua R ^b,e   Kuster, Niels ^a,d  

^a FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; FDTD methods; human exposure; numerical simulation; resonant energy transfer; SAR; wireless power

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE EVALUATIONS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; SAR; WIRELESS POWER; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS RESONANT POWER TRANSFERS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 84876290042     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2012.2219870     Document Type: Article

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