title: Wearable system-on-a-chip UWB radar for health care and its application to the safety improvement of emergency operators.
abstract: A new wearable system-on-a-chip UWB radar for health care systems is presented. The idea and its applications to the safety improvement of emergency operators are discussed. The system consists of a wearable wireless interface including a fully integrated UWB radar for the detection of the heart beat and breath rates, and a IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee radio interface. The principle of operation of the UWB radar for the monitoring of the heart wall is explained hereinafter. The results obtained by the feasibility study regarding its implementation on a modern standard silicon technology (CMOS 90 nm) are reported, demonstrating (at simulation level) the effectiveness of such an approach and enabling the standard silicon technology for new generations of wireless sensors for heath care and safeguard wearable systems.
authors.affiliation: Radio-frequency and Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory (RFLab), Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, Italy. d.zito@iet.unipi.it
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zito
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Rossi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanatà
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tognetti
authors.forename: Enzo Pasquale
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Scilingo
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011825:Radar / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration; D012449:Safety; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*