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Implantable capacitive intrabody communication is a wireless communication method that utilizes capacitive coupling as a way for the implants to communicate between each other as well as with the devices that are placed on the body. Since there are several possible configurations, such as in-body to on-body (IB2OB) communication and on-body to in-body (OB2IB) communication, it is important to investigate how the communication channel behaves for each configuration. Therefore, in this paper, a two-layer 3D model of the upper part of the leg between the knee and ankle has been created for the measurement purposes. The phantom consists of an outer layer that mimics the fat tissue with a very low conductivity and an inner layer that has a conductivity like the muscle. During the measurements, one pair of electrodes with an insulated ground electrode was inserted into the muscle layer and connected to the transmitter, while the other pair of the electrodes was placed on the phantom and connected to the receiver (IB2OB). After the IB2OB measurements were completed, the transmitter and receiver devices were swapped to measure the OB2IB scenario. The results show that changes in the configuration lead to negligible difference in the measurement results, i.e. the system is reciprocal. Moreover, a high-pass profile was observed for the frequency range from 100 kHz to 84 MHz.
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9TH EUROPEAN MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, VOL 1, EMBEC 2024
ISSN: 1680-0737
Year: 2024
Volume: 112
Page: 207-216
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