Personal Exposimeter for Radiation Assessment in Real Environments in the 60-GHz Band.
For the first time, a personal exposimeter (PEX) for 60 GHz radiation measurements is presented. The PEX is designed based on numerical simulations and both on-body and on-phantom calibration measurements to determine the antenna aperture and measurement uncertainty of the PEX. The measurement uncertainty of the PEX is quantified in terms of 50 and 95% prediction intervals of its response. A PEX consisting of three nodes (antennas) with VHH (vertical-horizontal-horizontal) polarization results in a 95% prediction interval of 6.6 dB. A 50% prediction interval of 1.3 dB (factor of 1.3) is obtained for measured power densities which is 3.1 dB lower than a single antenna experiment. The uncertainty is 19.7 dB smaller than that of existing commercial exposimeters at lower frequencies (≤6GHz).
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Reza
R
Aminzadeh
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Arno
A
Thielens
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Haolin
H
Li
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), UMR CNRS 6164, University of Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France.
Carole
C
Leduc
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), UMR CNRS 6164, University of Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France.
Maxim
M
Zhadobov
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Guy
G
Torfs
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Johan
J
Bauwelinck
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Luc
L
Martens
Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/imec, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 15, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Wout
W
Joseph
D002138:Calibration; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011846:Radio Waves; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D059015:Wireless Technology