Reverse effect of ground electrode on the signal loss of human body communication

Author

Hwang, J.H. ; Myoung, H.J. ; Kang, T.W. ; Kim, S.E. ; Kim, J.K. ; Hyoung, C.H. ; Park, H.I. ; Lim, I.G. ; Kim, J.B. ; Kim, K.S. ; Kang, S.W.

Author_Institution

Human Body Commun. SoC Team, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we analyzed the effects of the ground electrode, especially the reverse effect in which the signal loss increases by the ground electrode. We measured how the signal loss varies in relation to the ground electrode. Furthermore, we simulated the current distribution to analyze the effects of the ground electrode. In other papers, the body has an artificial posture in which two arms and a shoulder formed a straight line. In our approach, we measured the signal loss of a person with a natural posture for actual human body communication; that is, the person´s two arms and shoulder did not form a straight line. Also, we reflected the modified posture of the body in the simulation model.

Keywords

current distribution; earth electrodes; telecommunication links; actual human body communication; artificial posture; current distribution; ground electrodes; human body communication; reverse effect; signal loss; Arm; Biological system modeling; Current density; Electrodes; Humans; Loss measurement; Muscles; Propagation losses; Signal analysis; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619699

Filename

4619699