Title :
Development of tunable head local exposure system for rats using rectangular loop antenna in 3.4 GHz band
Author :
Usui, Daisuke ; Arima, Takuji ; Kawai, Hiroki ; Wake, Kanako ; Watanabe, Soichi ; Uno, Toru
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The aim of this study is to develop an animal exposure system for investigating biological effects of local exposure to microwaves from mobile phones. Currently, new mobile communication systems using a 3.4 GHz band are being developed. In this paper, an exposure system using a rectangular loop antenna is proposed for investigating the biological effects of microwaves in the 3.4 GHz band. The proposed antenna has a simple structure and can be tuned to a resonant frequency between 3.3 and 3.8 GHz by changing the feed point. Numerical dosimetry result shows good locality for 2-4 week-old rat model.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; dosimetry; loop antennas; microwave antennas; mobile communication; animal exposure system; biological effects; frequency 3.4 GHz; microwave exposure; mobile communication systems; mobile phones; numerical dosimetry; rats; rectangular loop antenna; tunable head local exposure system; Animals; Bandwidth; Cranial; Finite difference methods; Humans; Microwave antennas; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Rats; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2010 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4883-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4885-2
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2010.5464783
