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Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Committee on

Man and Radiation (COMAR) of the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers

http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/embs/comar/

Consumer Information on SAR

(Specific Absorption Rate)

This model device meets the government’s requirements for

exposure to radio waves.

Your wireless device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is

designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits

for exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) energy set by the

Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government.

These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and

establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general

population. The guidelines are based on standards that were

developed by independent scientific organizations through

periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The

standards include a substantial safety margin designed to

assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.

The exposure standard for wireless mobile devices employs a

unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate,

orSAR.TheSARlimitsetbytheFCCis1.6W/kg.

Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating

positions specified by the FCC with the device transmitting at

its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands.

Although SAR is determined at the highest certified power

level, the actual SAR level of the device while operating can be

well below the maximum value. Because the device is designed

to operate at multiple power levels to use only the power

required to reach the network, in general, the closer you are to

a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.

Before a device model is available for sale to the public, it

must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not

exceed the limit established by the government-adopted

requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in

positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the body)

as required by the FCC for each model.

The highest SAR value for this device when worn on the body,

asdescribedinthisuserguide,is1.19W/kg.(body-worn

measurements differ among device models, depending upon

available accessories and FCC requirements). While there may

be differences between SAR levels of various devices and at