Title :
Impacts of RF radiation on the human body in a passive RFID environment
Author :
Arumugam, Darmindra D. ; Engels, Daniel W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Abstract :
In this paper, we present an experimental study on the SAR of the human head in an environment with a typical RFID reader system. The results predict that 2 RFID reader antennas at distances of 10 cm from the human head operating additively, will contribute to a SAR in the human head of up to a maximum of 2.02763 W/kg, which is above the limit for safe exposure of RF radiation as allowed by FCC is the US (1.6 W/kg).
Keywords :
antennas; biological effects of radiation; radiofrequency identification; RF radiation; RFID reader antennas; RFID reader system; SAR; human body; passive RFID environment; Attenuation; Electromagnetic radiation; Equations; FCC; Humans; Magnetic heads; Passive RFID tags; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Specific absorption rate;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619663
