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You’ll get more radiation standing in front of a microwave oven.

• dhimes 8y ago
  Seriously? I thought those were pretty well shielded.
  • madengr 8y ago
    They are adequately shielded, but also have 1 kW resonating inside. They have enough to meet the OSHA standard of 1 mW/cm^2. The chip in question only emits 20 mW, and coupled into a 10 dB gain antenna, the EIRP is still only a few 100 mW. Now spread that over a few 1000 cm^2, and it’s not much at all. For a fun experiment, put your phone in a microwave. Notice the WiFi bars go to zero, but the cellular bars don’t change (much).
    • flyinghamster 8y ago
      As long as you don't turn on the oven. Then the phone goes "bzzzzt-POP!" and lets the magic smoke out. :)
  • sp332 8y ago
    21 CFR 1030.10 limits radiation from a microwave to 5 milliwats per square centimeter (at a distance of 2 inches). For an average-sized microwave that's over 8 watts from the front of the device. Again that's a maximum, but it's possible. TI's devices are customizable but an example on the site shows total power draw of 1.4 watts.