Measurements of the effectiveness of antenna screens for protection of the head from mobile phone radiation

Author

Jenvey, Stewart

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1998

fDate

15-18 Feb 1998

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

202

Abstract

Measurements have been taken of the electromagnetic field distribution around a mobile phone which was transmitting CW at 890 MHz. The measurements were taken using a mobile phone with a short monopole antenna and were then repeated with a reflector (that is supposed to protect the head from radiation) interposed between the head and the radiating antenna. Measurements of field magnitude and phase were made so that animations of the propagating fields could be observed. Comparisons of the field distributions and conclusions regarding the effectiveness of the reflector could then be made

Keywords

electromagnetic shielding; health hazards; microwave antennas; mobile radio; monopole antennas; radiation protection; telephone sets; 890 MHz; antenna screens effectiveness; field distribution; field magnitude; head protection; mobile phone; mobile phone radiation; radiating antenna; reflector; short monopole antenna; Animation; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Phase measurement; Protection; Reflector antennas;

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.1998.666462

Filename

666462