Effects of ground electrode on signal transmission of human body communication using human body as transmission medium

Author

Sung, J.B. ; Hwang, J.H. ; Hyoung, C.H. ; Kim, J.K. ; Park, D.G. ; Kang, S.W.

Author_Institution

Microsys. Team, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Chungnam

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

494

Abstract

In this paper, the measurement results on the effects of ground electrode according to the transmission distance are presented. A biological tissue-equivalent phantom has been used in the measurement of a previous paper, but a real human body is used in this paper. Also, the measurement results are analyzed by EM simulation. In the previous papers K. Fujii et al. (2003)-(2002), the simulation model for human body has been composed of only muscle tissue. In this paper, a more accurate model composed of muscle and other tissues is used during the simulation. Finally, the method by which a ground electrode can be used more efficiently is proposed based on the measurement results

Keywords

data communication; earth electrodes; electromagnetic wave transmission; mobile communication; muscle; physiological models; EM simulation; ground electrode; human body communication; signal transmission; transmission medium; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Electrodes; Humans; Loss measurement; Mobile communication; Personal digital assistants; Propagation losses; Transmitters; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710566

Filename

1710566