IEEE IEC 62704 1 2017
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IEC/IEEE International Standard for Determining the Peak Spatial Average Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in the Human Body from Wireless Communications Devices, 30 MHz – 6 GHz. Part 1: General Requirements for using the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Method for SAR Calculations
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
IEEE | 2017 | 86 |
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4 | CONTENTS |
7 | FOREWORD |
9 | INTRODUCTION |
10 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
11 | 3 Terms and definitions |
17 | 4 Abbreviated terms |
18 | 5 Finite-difference time-domain method – basic definition |
19 | 6 SAR calculation and averaging 6.1 Calculation of SAR in FDTD voxels Figures Figure 1 – Field components on voxel edges |
20 | 6.2 SAR averaging 6.2.1 General |
22 | 6.2.2 Calculation of the peak spatial-average SAR Figure 2 – Flow chart of the SAR averaging algorithm |
24 | Figure 3 – Illustration of valid and used voxels in a valid averaging cube centred on the highlighted voxel and an invalid averaging volume for which a new cube has to be expanded about the surface voxel because it contains more than 10 % of background material Tables Table 1 – Voxel states during SAR averaging |
25 | Figure 4 – Valid, used and partially used voxels |
26 | 6.2.3 Calculation of the whole body average SAR 6.2.4 Reporting peak spatial-average SAR and whole body average SAR 6.2.5 Referencing peak spatial-average SAR and whole body average SAR Figure 5 – “Unused” location |
27 | 6.3 Power scaling |
28 | 7 SAR simulation uncertainty 7.1 Considerations for the uncertainty evaluation |
29 | 7.2 Uncertainty of the test setup with respect to simulation parameters 7.2.1 General 7.2.2 Positioning Table 2 – Factors contributing to the uncertainty of experimentaland numerical SAR evaluation |
30 | 7.2.3 Mesh resolution |
31 | 7.2.4 Absorbing boundary conditions 7.2.5 Power budget 7.2.6 Convergence |
32 | 7.2.7 Dielectrics of the phantom or body model Table 3 – Budget of the uncertainty contributions of the numerical algorithm and of the rendering of the test- or simulation-setup |
33 | 7.3 Uncertainty and validation of the developed numerical model of the DUT 7.3.1 General 7.3.2 Uncertainty of the DUT model (d ≥ λ/2 or d ≥ 200 mm) |
35 | 7.3.3 Uncertainty of the DUT model (d ≥ λ/2 and ≥ 200 mm) |
36 | 7.3.4 Model validation Table 4 – Budget of the uncertainty of the developed model of the DUT |
37 | 7.4 Uncertainty budget |
38 | 8 Code verification 8.1 General Table 5 – Numerical uncertainty budget |
39 | 8.2 Code accuracy 8.2.1 Free space characteristics Figure 6 – Aligned parallel-plate waveguide and locations of theEy-field components to be recorded for TE-polarization |
44 | 8.2.2 Planar dielectric boundaries Table 6 – Results of the evaluation of the numerical dispersion characteristics |
46 | Table 7 – Results of the evaluation of the numerical reflection coefficient |
47 | 8.2.3 Absorbing boundary conditions |
48 | Figure 7 – Permissible power reflection coefficient (grey range) for the aligned absorbing boundary conditions |
49 | Figure 8 – Tilted parallel-plate waveguide terminated with absorbing boundary conditions and locations of the Ey-field components to be recorded for TE-polarization |
50 | 8.2.4 SAR averaging Figure 9 – Permissible power reflection coefficient (grey range) for the tilted absorbing boundary conditions |
51 | Figure 10 – Sketch of the testing geometry of the averaging algorithm |
52 | 8.3 Canonical benchmarks 8.3.1 Generic dipole Figure 11 – 3D view of the SAR Star |
53 | 8.3.2 Microstrip terminated with ABC Table 8 – Results of the dipole evaluation |
54 | 8.3.3 SAR calculation SAM phantom / generic phone Figure 12 – Geometry of the microstrip line Table 9 – Results of the microstrip evaluation Table 10 – 1 g and 10 g psSAR for the SAM phantom exposed to the generic phone for 1 W accepted antenna power as specified in [22] |
55 | 8.3.4 Setup for system performance check Figure 13 – Geometry of the setup for the system performance check according to [31] |
56 | Table 11 – Dielectric parameters of the setup (Table 1 of [31]) Table 12 – Mechanical parameters of the setup (Tables 1 and 2 of [31]) Table 13 – psSAR normalized to 1 W forward power and feedpoint impedance (Tables 3 and 4 of [31]) |
57 | Annex A (normative)Fundamentals of the FDTD method |
59 | Figure A.1 – Voxel showing the arrangement of the E- and H-field vector components on a staggered mesh |
60 | Figure A.2 – Voxels with different dielectric propertiessurrounding a mesh edge with an Ey-component |
61 | Annex B (normative)SAR Star B.1 CAD files of the SAR Star B.2 Mesh lines for the SAR Star B.2.1 General B.2.2 Mesh lines for the homogeneous SAR Star |
62 | B.2.3 Mesh lines for the inhomogeneous SAR Star B.3 Evaluation of the SAR Star benchmark B.3.1 General B.3.2 File format of the benchmark output |
63 | B.3.3 Evaluation script |
67 | Annex C (informative)Practical considerations for the application of FDTD C.1 Overview |
68 | C.2 Practical considerations C.2.1 Computational requirements |
69 | C.2.2 Voxel size C.2.3 Stability C.2.4 Absorbing boundaries |
70 | C.2.5 Far-zone transformation C.3 Modelling requirements for sources and loads |
71 | Figure C.1 – FDTD voltage source with source resistance Figure C.2 – Four magnetic field components surrounding the electric field component where the source is located |
72 | C.4 Calculation of S-parameters C.5 Calculation of power and efficiency |
73 | C.6 Non-uniform meshes |
75 | Annex D (informative)Background information ontissue modelling and anatomical models D.1 Dielectric tissue properties D.2 Anatomical models of the human body D.3 Recommended numerical models of experimental phantoms D.3.1 Experimental head phantom |
76 | D.3.2 Experimental body phantom |
77 | Bibliography |