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Human Exposure Assessment to Wearable Antennas: Effect of Position and Interindividual Anatomical Variability

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  • Silvia Gallucci

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy
    Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy)

  • Marta Bonato

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy)

  • Emma Chiaramello

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy)

  • Serena Fiocchi

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy)

  • Gabriella Tognola

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy)

  • Marta Parazzini

    (Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), National Research Council (CNR), 20133 Milano, Italy)

Abstract

(1) Background: This work aims to assess the human exposure to the RF-EMFs emitted by a wearable antenna. (2) Methods: a wearable antenna tuned at f = 2.45 GHz was tested by placing it in six realistic configurations relative to a male and female human model. The exposure assessment was performed by means of computational methods to estimate the SAR 10g distributions at 1W of input power. (3) Results: (i) for all the configurations the SAR 10g distributions resulted always mainly concentrated on a superficial area immediately below the antenna itself; (ii) the obtained values have shown that the configuration with the highest exposure value was when the antenna was posed on the arm; (iii) the exposure tends to be higher for male model. (4) Discussion and Conclusions: This work highlights the importance of performing an exposure assessment when the antenna is placed on the human wearer considering the growth of the wearable technology and its wide variety of fields of application, e.g., medical and military.

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  • Silvia Gallucci & Marta Bonato & Emma Chiaramello & Serena Fiocchi & Gabriella Tognola & Marta Parazzini, 2022. "Human Exposure Assessment to Wearable Antennas: Effect of Position and Interindividual Anatomical Variability," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:10:p:5877-:d:813814
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