A Transceiver for E-Textile Body-Area-Networks

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Carvalho, JG (Author) Other; José Machado da Silva (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS (MEMEA)

Pages: 124-129

9th IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (IEEE MeMeA)

Lisbon, PORTUGAL, JUN 11-12, 2014

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Authenticus ID: P-009-VCN

DOI: 10.1109/memea.2014.6860043

Abstract (EN): A transceiver for single-line communication among sensor nodes of a body-area network is presented. It is meant to operate on a mesh like network where nodes are interconnected by two conducting-textile lines, which provide both power and communication features. The textile conductors are sewn directly to the garment in order to enhance user's mobility and comfort. For the same reason, a single battery placed in a central processing module is used to supply all sensor nodes. A low-dropout voltage regulator supplied from the transmission-line via a low pass filter ensures in each node the respective 3 V DC power supply. Power-line-communication is performed using a binary phase shift keying modulation process over a non-zero direct current line voltage at a 10 Mbps rate. The transceiver includes also line-fault testing to detect hazards which are likely to occur due to the stress applied to the conductive yarns.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6