2.4 GHz wireless sensor network for smart electronic shirts

• Author(s): Carmo, João ; Mendes, P.M. ; Couto, Carlos ; Correia, J.H.
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/8557
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Wireless sensors networks; Smart textiles; RF transceivers
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This paper presents a wireless sensor network for smart electronic shirts. This allows the monitoring of individual biomedical data, such the cardio-respiratory function. The solution chosen to transmit the body’s measured signals for further processing was the use of a wireless link, working at the 2.4 GHz ISM band. A radio-frequency transceiver chip was designed in a UMC RF 0.18 μm CMOS process. The power supply of the transceiver is 1.8 V. Simulations show a power consumption of 12.9 mW. Innovative topics concerning efficient power management was taken into account during the design of the transceiver.