Title :
A biological effects exposure facility utilizing an 800 megawatt peak power pulsed microwave source
Author :
Bates, F. ; Bassen, H.
Author_Institution :
ERC BioServices Corp., Rockville, MD, USA
Abstract :
A whole-body exposure facility has been developed to study the biological effects of pulsed microwave fields with very high peak power and low average power. An experimental high-power microwave transmitter has been adapted to the biological laboratory environment and optimized for bioeffects research. The system provides consistent peak output powers of 800 MW at 3000 MHz. These pulses produce peak exposure power densities of 80 kW/cm2 for 30 to 40 ns at a repetition rate of 0.1 to 1 pulses per second, in an anechoic chamber
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; biological techniques and instruments; health hazards; microwave generation; 30 to 40 ns; 800 MW; anechoic chamber; biological effects; biological laboratory environment; high-power microwave transmitter; low average power; peak exposure power densities; personnel hazards; pulsed microwave source; very high peak power; whole-body exposure facility; Anechoic chambers; Animals; High power microwave generation; Microwave generation; Power generation; Pulse generation; Pulsed power supplies; Radio frequency; Space vector pulse width modulation; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96123
