Investigation of analogue and digital mobile phone low frequency radiation spectrum characteristics

Author

Heath, Brett ; Jenvey, Stewart ; Cosic, Lrena

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

fYear

1998

fDate

15-18 Feb 1998

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

84

Abstract

To gain an understanding of the interaction between ELF electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones and biological tissue, knowledge of the low frequency spectral characteristics of different mobile phones is required. Investigation showed that GSM and AMPS mobile phones exhibit different but distinct low frequency electromagnetic spectral components. It is speculated that these low frequency components, in particular those close to normal brain wave frequencies between 1-30 Hz may produce effects on the human EEG

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biological tissues; cellular radio; digital radio; fast Fourier transforms; spectral analysis; telephone interference; 1 to 30 Hz; AMPS mobile phones; ELF electromagnetic fields; FFT characteristics; GSM mobile phones; Hanning window; LF spectral characteristics; analogue mobile phone; biological tissue; digital mobile phone; effects on human EEG; electromagnetic spectral components; normal brain wave frequencies; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic fields; Frequency; GSM; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Systems engineering and theory; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioelectromagnetism, 1998. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3867-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBEM.1998.666406

Filename

666406