EFFECTS ON PORTABLE ANTENNAS OF THE PRESENCE OF A PERSON

被引:168
作者
TOFTGARD, J
HORNSLETH, SN
ANDERSEN, JB
机构
[1] Center for Personal Communications, Institute of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University
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10.1109/8.250451
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper deals with the influence the presence of a person has on the performance of antennas for hand-held portable telephones. It is shown how input impedance, far-field radiation pattern, radiation efficiency, and the magnitude of the near field are affected by the presence of the human body. The investigations have been carried out by applying the finite difference time domain technique to a model of the telephone with a lambda/4 monopole antenna and a simple hand-head model of the operator. Results from this configuration are compared with results for the telephone box and antenna alone. Measurements have been performed to verify the results obtained by simulations. The results show that a shadow effect in the far-field pattern occurs in the direction of the person and that the radiation pattern, including polarization, changes considerably from the telephone with the antenna alone. The impedance results show a change in resonance frequency when the telephone is placed next to a person. Results for radiation efficiency show that close to half of the energy is absorbed by hand and head. On average a system loss of 3-4 dB should be included in a link budget, and there is considerable fading, even in a radio-anechoic chamber, when persons move around in a natural manner.
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页码:739 / 746
页数:8
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