Distributed circuit modeling of galvanic and capacitive coupling for intrabody communication

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART2, 2012, Pages 3263-3269

  Amparo Callejon M ^a   Naranjo Hernández, David ^a   Reina Tosina, Javier ^a   Roa, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitive coupling; distributed parameter circuit; electrophysiological properties; galvanic coupling; intrabody communication (IBC); measurement setup; pathloss; skin admittance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE COUPLINGS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CIRCUIT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GALVANIC COUPLING; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; MEASUREMENT SETUP; PATH LOSS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CAPACITIVE COUPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GALVANIC COUPLING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRABODY COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; TISSUE INTERACTION; VALIDITY; ADULT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GALVANIC CURRENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84868149419     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2205382     Document Type: Article

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