Personal area networks (PAN) : near-field intra-body communication
Personal area networks (PAN) : near-field intra-body communication
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1995
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Thoams Guthrie Zimmerman
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Thoams Guthrie Zimmerman
PAN is a wireless communication system that allows electronic devices on and near the human body to exchange digital information through near-field electrostatic coupling. Information is transmitted by modulating electric fields and electrostatically (capactively) coupling picoamp currents into the body. The body conducts the tiny current (e.g., 50 pA) to body mounted receivers. The environment ("room ground") provides a return path for the transmitted signal. A low frequency carrier (e.g., 330 kHz) is used so no energy is propagated, minimizing remote eavesdropping and interference by neighboring PANs. Digital information is transferred using on-off keying with quadrature detection to reduce stray interference and increase receiver sensitivity. A low cost (<$20) half-duplex modem is implemented using an analog bipolar chopper and integrator as a quadrature detector, and a microcontroller for signal acquisition. The technology used in the PAN can be integrated into a custom CMOS chip for lowest size and cost. Thesis Supervisor: Neil Gershenfeld, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences This work was supported in part by Hewlett-Packard Corporation and Festo Corporation. Personal Area Networks (PAN): Near-Field Intra-Body Communication