title: Measurement and analysis of channel attenuation characteristics for an implantable galvanic coupling human-body communication.
abstract: In this study, an experiment was designed to verify the low power consumption of galvanic coupling human-body communication. A silver electrode (silver content: 99%) is placed in a pig leg and a sine wave signal with the power of 0 dBm is input. Compared with radio frequency communication and antenna transmission communication, attenuation is reduced by approximately 10 to 15 dB, so channel characteristics are highly improved.
authors.affiliation: The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.|The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China.|The Engineering & Technical College of, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.|College of Computer Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, Sichuan, China.|The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.|The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Sio Hang
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Pun
authors.affiliation: The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.|The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Peng Un
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.affiliation: The Engineering & Technical College of, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.|The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: College of Computer Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Yi-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The State Key laboratory of Analog & Mixed-signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China.|The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China.
authors.forename: Mang I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Vai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine; D013686:Telemetry
keywords: Implantable; attenuation; galvanic coupling human-body communication; measurement