The simulation method of the galvanic coupling intrabody communication with different signal transmission paths

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1257-1266

  Song, Yong ^a   Hao, Qun ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Chu, Yifang ^a   Kang, Bangzhi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Galvanic coupling; intrabody communication (IBC); mathematical simulation; personal area network; transfer function

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RANGES; GALVANIC COUPLING; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SIMULATION METHODS;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 79952617892     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2087870     Document Type: Article

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