A comprehensive study into intrabody communication measurements

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2446-2455

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitive coupling; galvanic coupling; intrabody communication (IBC); measurement setup; pathloss

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE COUPLINGS; GALVANIC COUPLING; INTRABODY COMMUNICATION (IBC); MEASUREMENT SETUP; PATH LOSS;

CHARACTERIZATION;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84882451721     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2258766     Document Type: Article

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