2.4 GHz wireless sensor network for smart electronic shirts

• Author(s): Carmo, J. P. ; Mendes, P. M. ; Couto, Carlos ; Correia, J. H.
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4841
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Wireless sensors networks; Smart textiles; RF transceiver; Smart electronic shirts
• 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.