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Intra-Body Communication System for Bio Sensors

생체센서를 위한 인체통신시스템

  • Published : 2007.09.29
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new Intra-body communication system for bio-sensor which is one of applications in PAN(Personal Area Network) using body channel. The communication systems for bio-sensor network usually transmits a lot of data acquired in sensor to the receiver in wrist or waist. So we deign the intra-body modem with high data rate, low power, and small size which are achieved by baseband communication techniques. It is noted that the baseband transmission does not requires any analog IF and RF frontends, and can be operated in lower frequency than bandpass transmission. The proposed modem operates at 10MHz band according to the characteristics of intra-body channel, and shows the capability of 5Mbps data rate at distance of 20cm, with $BER=10^{-5}$. In addition, we implement the modem within $2{\times}2cm$ area.

본 연구에서는 인체를 통신채널로 사용하는 PAN(Personal Area Network) 중에서 생체 센서(Bio sensor)에 적합한 인체통신 방식을 제안한다. 생체센서용 통신시스템은 인체내외의 센서에서 수집된 대량의 정보가 허리나 팔 등에 장착된 수신부로 고속 전송할 수 있어야 한다. 제안된 모뎀은 인체채널에 대한 특성을 분석하여 특성이 우수한 10MHz의 저주파 대역을 사용하며 저 전력과 소형화에 유리한 기저대역 통신방식으로 설계되었다. 설계된 모뎀은 20cm거리에서 $BER=10^{-5}$로 5Mbps까지 전송이 가능하며, $2{\times}2cm$의 초소형으로 구현하고 동작을 확인하였다.

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