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Thesis presents finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computation of EM interactionbetween wire antennas and 3-D body object. 2nd-order Mur and perfectly-matched layer(PML) absorbing boundary conditions (ABC) are used for FDTD computation. The dipole and square loop antennas are considered for wireless communication applications. The 3-D bodyobject is a homogeneous lossy muscle-sphere to simulate the human head. The antennas areproximate to the lossy sphere and the loop antenna can have different orientation. The focusedfrequencies are 835 MHz (dipole antenna) and 400, 892, and 948 MHz (loop antennas) wireless communication bands. After the time-domain FDTD simulation results are Fourier-transformed to frequency-domain data, the radiation characteristics of the antenna, such as thecurrent distribution, input impedance, radiation power, body- absorption power, radiationefficiency and directive/power gain patterns can be determined. The far-field patterns areobtained by using the near- to far-field transformation. The FDTD numerical results arecompared with that by the method of moments (MoM) for the antennas in free space. Thecomputed radiation characteristics of the antenna influenced by the human body (head) isimportant for RF-circuit/antenna design and communication link budget consideration.
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