A study on transmission characteristics and specific absorption rate using impedance-matched electrodes for various human body communication. 


Author: Machida Y, Yamamoto T, Koshiji K.


Conference/Journal: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 
Date published: 2013 Jul
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 Volume ID: 2013   ,  Pages: 1883-1886   ,  Word Count: 101  
    Abstract

Human body communication (HBC) is a new communication technology that has presented potential applications in health care and elderly support systems in recent years. In this study, which is focused on a wearable transmitter and receiver for HBC in a body area network (BAN), we performed electromagnetic field analysis and simulation using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method with various models of the human body. Further we redesigned a number of impedance-matched electrodes to allow transmission without stubs or transformers. The specific absorption rate (SAR) and transmission characteristics S21 of these electrode structures were compared for several models.

PMID: 24110079