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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.5.10

An ECG monitoring system using a conductive thread-based wearable antenna  

Chung, Jae-Young (Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Seoul Nat'l University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.5, 2017 , pp. 10-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
Research interest has strongly focused on developing a method for effectively transmitting bio-signals over a distance using a wireless wearable device. In this paper, we describe a procedure for the design and fabrication of a wearable antenna based on embroidering conductive threads to clothing capable of transmitting electrocardiogram signals. 3D electromagnetic simulation software and embroidery software were used to design and fabricate the conductive thread-based antenna, respectively. The measurement results show that the reflection coefficient of the fabricated antenna prototype exhibits excellent antenna impedance matching characteristics of less than -10dB in the Zigbee 2.4GHz frequency band. We also verified that the electrocardiogram data could be effectively received and monitored in real-time by a receiver 220m away from the transmitter.
Keywords
Antenna; conductive fiber; electrocardiogram; wearable wearable device; Zigbee;
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