Numerical computation of the EM coupling between a circular loop antenna and a full-scale human-body model

Author

Chen, W.-T. ; Chuang, H.-R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

46

Issue

10

fYear

1998

fDate

10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1516

Lastpage

1520

Abstract

This paper presents numerical computation of the electro-magnetic (EM) coupling between circular loop antennas and a full-scale human-body model. The loop antenna can be x-, y-, or z-oriented. Coupled integral equations (CIE´s) and the method of moments (MoM) are employed to numerically solve this antenna-body-coupling problem. Numerical results of the antenna radiation characteristics influenced by the human body and the body-absorption rate from 50 to 400 MHz are presented. The applications of this study include assessment of a radio-frequency (RF) dose from a loop antenna and the body effect on the performance of the loop antenna used in personal communication devices such as radio pagers

Keywords

antenna theory; biological effects of fields; health hazards; integral equations; loop antennas; method of moments; 50 to 400 MHz; RF dose; absorption rate; circular loop antenna; coupled integral equations; electromagnetic coupling; full-scale human body model; method of moments; numerical computation; personal communication device; radiation characteristics; radio pager; Antenna theory; Biological system modeling; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic radiation; Humans; Integral equations; Moment methods; Radio frequency; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.721159

Filename

721159