Data transmission for implantable microsystems using magnetic coupling

Author

Ahmadian, M. ; Flynn, B.W. ; Murray, A.F. ; Cumming, D.R.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Edinburgh, UK

Volume

152

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4/8/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

250

Abstract

The authors consider design issues associated with the use of high-frequency inductive coupling, in the context of miniaturised, embedded electronic systems in medical diagnosis, environmental monitoring and other industrial applications. Recent developments in system-on-chip and lab-on-a-chip technologies have made the implementation of such miniaturised systems feasible, and pose an interesting set of problems with respect to low-power, short-range wireless communications. The design of a compact transmitter that maximises the magnetic component of the field is discussed and some early results are presented.

Keywords

biomedical communication; coupled circuits; embedded systems; low-power electronics; magnetic circuits; patient diagnosis; prosthetics; radio transmitters; 10 to 100 MHz; HF magnetic coupling data transmission; compact transmitter; embedded electronic systems; environmental monitoring; field magnetic component maximization; implantable microsystems; low-power wireless communications; magnetic dipole inductor; medical diagnosis; short-range wireless communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEE Proceedings-

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2425

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-com:20041021

Filename

1430601