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21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (AINAW'07)
Wearable System-on-a-Chip Pulse Radar Sensors for the Health Care: System Overview
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
May 21-May 23
ISBN: 0-7695-2847-3
Domenico Zito, University of Pisa, Italy
Domenico Pepe, University of Pisa, Italy
Bruno Neri, University of Pisa, Italy
Danilo De Rossi, University of Pisa, Italy
Antonio Lanata, University of Pisa, Italy
A new system-on-a-chip radar sensor for next generation wearable wireless interface applied to the human health-care and safeguard is presented. The system overview is provided and a summary of the feasibility study of the radar sensor is presented. In detail, the overall system consists of a radar sensor for detecting the heart and breath rates and a low-power IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee radio interface, which provides a wireless data link with remote data acquisition and control units. Particularly, the pulse radar exploits 3.1-10.6 GHz ultra wide band signals, which allow a significant reduction of the transceiver complexity and, then, of its power consuption. The operating principle is highlighted and the results of the system analysis are summarized. Such a novel system-on-a-chip wireless wearable interface enables low-cost silicon technologies for contactless measuring of the primary vital signs and extends the capability in terms of applications for the emerging wireless body area networks.
Citation:
Domenico Zito, Domenico Pepe, Bruno Neri, Danilo De Rossi, Antonio Lanata, "Wearable System-on-a-Chip Pulse Radar Sensors for the Health Care: System Overview," ainaw, vol. 2, pp.766-769, 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (AINAW'07), 2007
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