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    IEEE Recommended Practice for Measurements and Computations of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields With Respect to Human Exposure to Such Fields, 100 kHz-300 GHz

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  02-06-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  11-01-2003

    Publisher:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

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    1. Overview
       1.1 Scope
       1.2 Purpose
       1.3 Frequency range
       1.4 Quantities and parameters to be measured
       1.5 Types of situations covered
    2. References
    3. Definitions
    4. Measurement problems associated with RF hazard assessment
       4.1 Characteristics of RF EM radiation
       4.2 Summary of the measurement problem
       4.3 SAR measurement problems
       4.4 Induced current measurement problems
    5. Instrumentation
       5.1 Instrumentation for external field measurements
       5.2 Desirable electrical performance characteristics
       5.3 Desirable physical characteristics
       5.4 Instrument types for external field measurements
       5.5 External field measuring instruments
       5.6 Instruments for measuring induced (body) current
       5.7 Instruments for measuring internal fields and SAR
    6. Measurement of potentially hazardous exposure fields
       6.1 Preliminary considerations
       6.2 Safety precautions
       6.3 Measurement procedures for external fields
       6.4 Induced body current and contact current measurements
       6.5 Measurement procedures for internal fields (SAR)
       6.6 Estimation of SAR from external exposure-field
           measurement data
    7. Theoretical calculations of SAR
       7.1 General
       7.2 Factors affecting the internal fields
       7.3 Low-frequency internal fields
       7.4 High-frequency behavior
       7.5 Methods of calculation
       7.6 Theoretical considerations for the determination
           of SAR associated with near-field exposures
    Annex A (informative) Additional calibration techniques for
                          external field measuring instruments
    Annex B (informative) Theoretical calculations of exposure
                          fields
    Annex C (informative) Additional techniques for SAR
                          measurement
    Annex D (informative) Finite difference time domain (FDTD)
                          method
    Annex E (informative) Peak spatial-average SAR
    Annex F (informative) Normalized on-axis power density:
                          circular aperture
    Annex G (informative) Bibliography

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    Provides specifications for preferred methods for measuring and computing external radio frequency electromagnetic fields to which persons may be exposed. Specifies preferred methods for the measurement and computation of the resulting fields and currents that are induced in bodies of humans exposed to these fields over the frequency range of 100 kHz - 300 GHz.

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    Committee International Committee on Electromagnetic Sa
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
    Status Superseded
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