Development of wearable intra-body communication devices

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Hachisuka, Keisuke ^a   Nakata, Azusa ^a   Takeda, Teruhito ^a   Shiba, Kenji ^b   Sasaki, Ken ^a   Hosaka, Hiroshi ^a   Itao, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact impedance; Frequency modulation; Intra body communication; Personal area network (PAN); Waveguide; Wearable computer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MICROELECTRODES; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSMITTERS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038321292     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(03)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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