Advancement of methodology for RF dosimetry

Author

Wojcik, J.J. ; Cardinal, P.G.

Author_Institution

Spectrum Sci. Inst., Nepean, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

11-16 July 1999

Firstpage

1008

Abstract

The issue of RF safety has come to the forefront of both public and regulatory attention. In 1996, the US FCC released its Report and Order 96-326, which specified the acceptable limits for wireless devices and systems, and tightened the requirements for certification and licensing purposes. In 1998, Industry Canada initiated development of certification methodology for compliance with non-ionizing radiation specific absorption rate (SAR) limits established by Health Canada in its Safety Code 6. The SAR measuring system and its critical components are discussed in this paper.

Keywords

UHF measurement; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; dosimeters; 835 MHz; Health Canada; Industry Canada; RF dosimetry; RF safety; Report and Order 96-326; SAR measuring system; Safety Code 6; UHF; certification; compliance; critical components; licensing; nonionizing radiation specific absorption rate; wireless devices; Calibration; Dosimetry; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Position measurement; Probes; Radio frequency; Shape; Specific absorption rate; Torso;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5639-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1999.789483

Filename

789483