Study of effects of commercial shielding products attached to mobile phone on human body with implanted medical device

Author

Diao, Y.L. ; Sun, W.N. ; Chan, K.H. ; Leung, S.W. ; Siu, Y.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

fYear

2014

fDate

12-16 May 2014

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

229

Abstract

There are many commercial shields for 3G and 4G mobile phones re-emerging onto the market, claiming specific absorption rate (SAR) reduction; however their effectiveness is questionable. In this paper, their SAR and induced electric field (E-field) are measured, and the corresponding induced E-field inside the human body with and without implanted medical devices is analyzed. Results have indicated that the SAR values, either with and without the shields have shown no particular impact, and the induced E-field on a human body with and without any implanted pacemaker are similar.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of microwaves; biomedical measurement; dosimetry; electric field measurement; mobile handsets; pacemakers; radiation protection; shielding; 3G mobile phone; 4G mobile phone; SAR measurement; SAR reduction; commercial shielding product effectiveness; induced E-field measurement; induced electric field measurement; induced human body E-field; medical device implantation; pacemaker; specific absorption rate reduction; Antennas; Materials; Mobile handsets; Pacemakers; Phantoms; Specific absorption rate; Torso; mobile phone; pacemaker; specific absorption rate (SAR);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, Tokyo (EMC'14/Tokyo), 2014 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Type

conf

Filename

6997178