Modeling of performance of wireless communication antennas in the vicinity of the user

Author

Stuchly, M.A. ; Okoniewski, M. ; Douglas, M. ; Rahmat, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

20-22 May 1998

Firstpage

345

Abstract

Many wireless communication devices are used with their antennas in close proximity of the human head. This results in changes in the antenna characteristics that affect the communications performance and in the deposition of microwave energy in the user´s head that for some devices may be in excess of the values allowed by health protection standards. These effects are evaluated using the FDTD method for two new types of antennas and the results are compared to those for a generic monopole handset

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; biological effects of fields; biological effects of microwaves; finite difference time-domain analysis; health hazards; human factors; mobile antennas; FDTD method; antenna characteristics; generic monopole handset; health protection standards; human head proximity; microwave energy; performance modelling; user vicinity; wireless communication antennas; Dielectrics; Dual band; Finite difference methods; Humans; Magnetic heads; Radio frequency; Surface treatment; Telephone sets; Telephony; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves and Radar, 1998. MIKON '98., 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krakow

Print_ISBN

83-906662-0-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.1998.740801

Filename

740801