Homogenous arm model in impedance analysis of electrodes for Human Body Communication

Author

Muramatsu, Daigo ; Koshiji, Kohji ; Koshiji, Fukuro ; Sasaki, Kazuhiko

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Frontier Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

1-4 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

287

Abstract

In Human Body Communication, it is important to investigate the input impedance characteristics of the electrodes for improving the qualities of communication. For rapid analysis and development of phantom, an approximation model is needed. In this paper, we proposed newly developed homogenous human arm model which consists of single material. Input impedance characteristics of the homogenous model were compared with that of conventional model which has a multilayered cylindrical structure. As a result, it was found that the input impedance characteristics obtained from two models were well consistent at 10 MHz. On the other hand, it was found that transmission characteristics and electric fields around the model were different in each model.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; body sensor networks; phantoms; physiological models; approximation model; conventional model; electric field; electrode; frequency 10 MHz; homogenous human arm model; human body communication; impedance analysis; input impedance characteristics; multilayered cylindrical structure; phantom; rapid analysis; transmission characteristics; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Electric fields; Electrodes; Impedance; Receivers; Transmitters; Electromagnetic field analysis; FDTD method; Human body communication; Input impedance; Wearable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2013 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0890-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GCCE.2013.6664829

Filename

6664829