An Efficient Full-Wave Electromagnetic Analysis for Capacitive Body-Coupled Communication
Joint Authors
Kazim, Muhammad Irfan
Kazim, Muhammad Imran
Wikner, J. Jacob
Source
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Measured propagation loss for capacitive body-coupled communication (BCC) channel (1 MHz to 60 MHz) is limitedly available in the literature for distances longer than 50 cm.
This is either because of experimental complexity to isolate the earth-ground or design complexity in realizing a reliable communication link to assess the performance limitations of capacitive BCC channel.
Therefore, an alternate efficient full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation approach is presented to realistically analyze capacitive BCC, that is, the interaction of capacitive coupler, the human body, and the environment all together.
The presented simulation approach is first evaluated for numerical/human body variation uncertainties and then validated with measurement results from literature, followed by the analysis of capacitive BCC channel for twenty different scenarios.
The simulation results show that the vertical coupler configuration is less susceptible to physiological variations of underlying tissues compared to the horizontal coupler configuration.
The propagation loss is less for arm positions when they are not touching the torso region irrespective of the communication distance.
The propagation loss has also been explained for complex scenarios formed by the ground-plane and the material structures (metals or dielectrics) with the human body.
The estimated propagation loss has been used to investigate the link-budget requirement for designing capacitive BCC system in CMOS sub-micron technologies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kazim, Muhammad Irfan& Kazim, Muhammad Imran& Wikner, J. Jacob. 2015. An Efficient Full-Wave Electromagnetic Analysis for Capacitive Body-Coupled Communication. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064697
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kazim, Muhammad Irfan…[et al.]. An Efficient Full-Wave Electromagnetic Analysis for Capacitive Body-Coupled Communication. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064697
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kazim, Muhammad Irfan& Kazim, Muhammad Imran& Wikner, J. Jacob. An Efficient Full-Wave Electromagnetic Analysis for Capacitive Body-Coupled Communication. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064697
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1064697