Comparison of electromagnetic absorption characteristics in the head of adult and a children for 1800 MHz mobile phones

Author

Fernández, Claudio R. ; Bulla, Giovani ; Pedra, A.C. ; De Salles, Alvaro A A

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2005

fDate

25-25 July 2005

Firstpage

523

Lastpage

528

Abstract

The specific absorption rate (SAR) produced by mobile phones in the head of children is simulated using an algorithm based in the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. A new model based on a 10 year old child computed tomographic images was used. The electromagnetic parameters were fitted to this age. The results are compared to the SAR calculated in the head of adults. Comparison also were made with SAR calculated in the children model when using adult human electromagnetic parameters values. It is shown that in similar conditions, the SAR calculated for the children is higher than that for the adults. When using the 10 years old child model, values around 80% higher than those for adults were obtained

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; biological effects of radiation; electromagnetic wave absorption; finite difference time-domain analysis; mobile radio; 1800 MHz; FDTD method; adult human electromagnetic parameters; computed tomographic images; electromagnetic absorption characteristics; finite difference time domain method; mobile phones; specific absorption rate; Cellular phones; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Finite difference methods; Head; Mobile handsets; Specific absorption rate; Time domain analysis; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brasilia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9341-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2005.1580116

Filename

1580116