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Manufacturing of a Korean Hand Phantom with Human Electrical Properties at 835 MHz and 1,800 MHz Bands

835 MHz 및 1,800 MHz 대역에서 인체의 전기적 특성을 가지는 한국인 손 모양의 팬텀 제작

  • Choi, Donggeun (EMF Environment Safety Division, National Radio Research Agency) ;
  • Gimm, Yoonmyoung (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Choi, Jaehoon (Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 최동근 (국립전파연구원 전파환경안전과) ;
  • 김윤명 (단국대학교 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 최재훈 (한양대학교 전자컴퓨터통신공학과)
  • Received : 2013.02.26
  • Accepted : 2013.04.30
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

Interest of the hand effect on the electromagnetic wave are internationally increasing with the increase of the use of the mobile phone. IEC TC106(International Electrotechnical Commission, Technical Committee 106) promotes international research exchange program in order to reflect the effect of human hands in the standard assessment method of human exposure dosimetry by the electromagnetic wave of mobile phones. Since current commercialized hand phantom is manufactured by taking into account the average size of westerners and provides only one grip posture, it imposes many restrictions on the accurate SAR measurement. Therefore, the development of proper hand phantom accounting for domestic situation and various grip posture capability is essential in order to analyze the accurate effect of human hand on the exposure estimation. In this paper, a jelly hand phantom suitable for Korean was manufactured with various grip posture capability at 835 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands. Although the tolerances of permittivity and conductivity of the manufactured hand phantom are with ${\pm}10%$ each, it was much less than CTIA(Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association) tolerance of ${\pm}20%$ at both bands. Its 3D CAD(3 Dimensional Computer Aided Design) file which was developed can be utilized for the simulation of human hand effect on SAR measurement of mobile phones. The findings in this study can be utilized for the analysis of human hand effect on SAR measurement of a mobile phone.

휴대전화의 이용이 증가하면서, 손에 미치는 전자파의 영향에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. IEC TC106에서도 휴대전화의 전자파 인체 노출량 평가 방법 표준에 손 영향을 반영하기 위하여 국제적인 교류 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 현재 상용화된 손 팬텀은 평균 서양인 손을 이용하고 있을 뿐만 아니라, 한 가지 형태의 파지(把持)만 가능하기 때문에, SAR 측정 결과에 대한 분석에 제한이 많은 실정이다. 손의 영향을 제대로 분석하기 위해서는 다양한 형태의 파지가 가능한 손 팬텀이 필요하다. 또한, 국내 환경에 맞는 손 팬텀의 개발이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 형태의 파지가 가능한 835 MHz 대역과 1,800 MHz 대역의 한국인의 젤리형 손 팬텀을 제작하였다. 제작된 손 팬텀의 전기적 특성은 비유전율과 도전율이 CTIA(미국이동통신산업협회) 권고 기준 값의 ${\pm}10%$이내로서, CTIA에서 제시하는 오차 기준(${\pm}20%$)보다 더 우수한 특성을 나타냈다. 또한, 손 팬텀의 3D CAD(3차원 컴퓨터 이용 설계) 파일을 개발하여 손에 의한 SAR 영향 분석을 위한 시뮬레이션에서 활용할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 제작된 젤리형 손 팬텀과 3D 파일은 휴대 전화의 손 영향에 대한 연구에 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 본다.

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