TY - JOUR
T1 - The simulation method of the galvanic coupling intrabody communication with different signal transmission paths
AU - Song, Yong
AU - Hao, Qun
AU - Zhang, Kai
AU - Wang, Ming
AU - Chu, Yifang
AU - Kang, Bangzhi
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - The simulation method plays an important role in the investigation of the intrabody communication (IBC). Due to the problems of the transfer function and the corresponding parameters, only the simulation of the galvanic coupling IBC along the arm has been achieved at present. In this paper, a method for the mathematical simulation of the galvanic coupling IBC with different signal transmission paths has been introduced. First, a new transfer function of the galvanic coupling IBC was derived with the consideration of the internal resistances of the IBC devices. Second, the determination of the corresponding parameters used in the transfer function was discussed in detail. Finally, both the measurements and the simulations of the galvanic coupling IBC along the different signal transmission paths were carried out. Our investigation shows that the mathematical simulation results coincide with the measurement results over the frequency range from 100 kHz to 5 MHz, which indicates that the proposed method offers the significant advantages in the theoretical analysis and the application of the galvanic coupling IBC.
AB - The simulation method plays an important role in the investigation of the intrabody communication (IBC). Due to the problems of the transfer function and the corresponding parameters, only the simulation of the galvanic coupling IBC along the arm has been achieved at present. In this paper, a method for the mathematical simulation of the galvanic coupling IBC with different signal transmission paths has been introduced. First, a new transfer function of the galvanic coupling IBC was derived with the consideration of the internal resistances of the IBC devices. Second, the determination of the corresponding parameters used in the transfer function was discussed in detail. Finally, both the measurements and the simulations of the galvanic coupling IBC along the different signal transmission paths were carried out. Our investigation shows that the mathematical simulation results coincide with the measurement results over the frequency range from 100 kHz to 5 MHz, which indicates that the proposed method offers the significant advantages in the theoretical analysis and the application of the galvanic coupling IBC.
KW - Galvanic coupling
KW - intrabody communication (IBC)
KW - mathematical simulation
KW - personal area network
KW - transfer function
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952617892&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TIM.2010.2087870
DO - 10.1109/TIM.2010.2087870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952617892
SN - 0018-9456
VL - 60
SP - 1257
EP - 1266
JO - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
JF - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
IS - 4
M1 - 5638141
ER -