Abstract
Electromagnetic exposure became an alarming issue in the 20th century, which has resulted in the creation of shielding metamaterial to reduce the radiation effects from any wireless devices. In this research work, a square-shaped metamaterial structure was designed and numerically simulated using a well-known computer simulation technology microwave studio software. The relationship between human head and cellular phone was explored for L- and S-bands, respectively. The proposed metamaterial design is utilized by placing inside a mobile phone to reduce the electromagnetic effect that is absorbed by the human head. The simulation frequency range is adopted from 1 to 6 GHz where the square-shaped metamaterial manifests resonance frequencies at 1.602 GHz (L-band), 2.712 and 3.888 GHz (S-band). Meanwhile, the specific absorption rate results reveal that the reduction happened approximately 1.591% at L-band, 36.646% and 17.864% at S-band over 1 g of tissue volume. Moreover, the second highest reduction value exhibited at 2.712 GHz for 10 g of tissue volume with 20.077% respectively. Briefly, the findings reveal a strong specific absorption rate reduction accomplishment and the proposed square-shaped metamaterial design believed to be a promising aspect in the telecommunication field.