A ring-shaped photodiode designed for use in a reflectance pulse oximetry sensor in wireless health monitoring applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Duun, Sune Bro ^a   Haahr, Rasmus G ^a   Birkelund, Karen ^a   Thomsen, Erik V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electronic patch; Health monitoring; Multisensor; Photodiode; Photoplethysmogram; Pulse oximetry; Wireless

Indexed keywords

COIN CELLS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DRIVING CURRENT; HEALTH MONITORING; HOMECARE APPLICATIONS; INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; LABORATORY SET-UP; LOW CURRENTS; LOW LIGHT; LOW POWER; MULTI SENSOR; ON CHIPS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM; PULSE OXIMETERS; PULSE OXIMETRY; REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETRY; SKIN TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE; TWO LAYERS;

HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MONITORING; OXIMETERS; PUMPS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; REFLECTION; SENSORS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMISTORS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 73849105251     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2032925     Document Type: Article

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