Wireless Non-contact EEG/ECG Electrodes for Body Sensor Networks

Author

Chi, Yu M. ; Cauwenberghs, Gert

Author_Institution

Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

7-9 June 2010

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

301

Abstract

A wireless EEG/ECG system using non-contact sensors is presented. The system consists of a set of simple capacitive electrodes manufactured on a standard printed circuit board that can operate through fabric or other insulation. Each electrode provides 46 dB of gain over a .7-100 Hz bandwidth with a noise level of 3.80μV RMS for high quality brain and cardiac recordings. Signals are digitized directly on top of the electrode and transmitted in a digital serial daisy chain, minimizing the number of wires required on the body. A small wireless base unit transmits EEG/ECG telemetry to a computer for storage and processing.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; biomedical electrodes; body sensor networks; electrocardiography; electroencephalography; medical signal processing; body sensor networks; brain recordings; capacitive electrodes; cardiac recordings; digital serial daisy chain; digitized signals; noncontact sensors; printed circuit board; wireless noncontact ECG electrodes; wireless noncontact EEG electrodes; Body sensor networks; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Fabrics; Insulation; Manufacturing; Printed circuits; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; Body Sensor; Capacitive Sensing; ECG; EEG; Non-contact Electrode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5817-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSN.2010.52

Filename

5504769