인체 착용형 휴대 단말기에 대한 노출량 해석 연구

Dosimetric Analysis for Human Exposure to Body-Mounted Wireless Devices

  • Park Min-Young (Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Ko Chae-Ok (Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim Jeong-Ran (Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Pack Jeong-Ki (Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • 발행 : 2006.02.01

초록

현재 다양한 종류의 무선 단말기가 상용화 되어 있다. 그러나 연구의 대부분이 휴대폰에 의한 생체 영향에만 국한되어 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 두부 착용형과 손목 착용형 같은 인체 착용형 단말기에 대한 인체 영향을 분석하였다. 외국인 성인 모델과 한국인 성인 모델 그리고 외국인 청소년 모델을 대상으로 FDTD 기법을 적용하여 SAR을 계산하였다. 또한 시뮬레이션 결과를 검증하기 위해 간단한 구조의 head-mounted display 장치에 대한 노출량을 SAM 팬텀을 이용하여 측정하였다. 노출량 평가 결과 인체 착용형 단말기 노출에 대해 어린이가 더 취약한 것으로 나타났으며 이러한 기기가 휴대폰에 비해 출력이 상대적으로 낮음에도 불구하고 인체에 영향을 미칠 수도 있는 것으로 평가되었다.

A variety of wireless devices are commercially available now. Most of studies, however, have been directed to the biological effects of mobile-phone EMF. In this paper, dosimetric analysis for wireless devices of head-mounted display type and a wristwatch type were made to investigate possible biological effects of these devices. SAR(Specific Absorption Rate) distributions were calculated using FDTD(Finite Difference Time Domain) method, for adult human models such as standard Korean human model and VHP(Visible Human Project) model, as well as scaled child models. Measurements were also performed for SAM phantom wearing a simplified prototype for a wireless device for validation of the simulation results. It has been found that children are more vulnerable to such exposure, and these devices could cause some biological effects even for relatively lower power compared to conventional mobile pones.

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