Low Power Single-Chip RF Transceiver for Human Body Communication

摘要

Human body communication is proposed as a promising body proximal communication technology for body sensor networks.To achieve low power and small volume in the sensor nodes,a Radio Frequency (RF) application-specific integrated circuit transceiver for Human Body Communication (HBC) is presented and the characteristics of HBC are investigated.A high data rate On-Off Keying (OOK)/Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) modulation protocol and an OOK/FSK demodulator circuit are introduced in this paper,with a data-rate-to-carrier-frequency ratio up to 70%.A low noise amplifier is proposed to handle the dynamic range problem and improve the sensitivity of the receiver path.In addition,a low power automatic-gain-control system is realized using a novel architecture,thereby rendering the peak detector circuit and loop filter unnecessary.Finally,the complete chip is fabricated.Simulation results suggest receiver sensitivity to be-75 dBm.The transceiver shows an overall power consumption of 3.2 mW when data rate is 5 Mbps,delivering a P1 dB output power of-30 dBm.