Abstract
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless communication technique that has become attractive devices for healthcare and wellbeing monitoring. The work reported here demonstrates the development of a battery free wearable sensing system with temperature and sweat sensors embedded into and powered by a smart textile NFC antenna. The NFC antenna is seamlessly integrated with closed-body garments, and sensor data can be easily acquired by NFC readers and smart phones in order to achieve real time and wireless monitor of health status in a convenient and non-intrusive way. A Dickson charge pump circuit has been designed and implemented in order to pump up the voltage and ensure a steady voltage supply for the sweat sensor. The maximum read range for accessing sensor data is 6 cm. The on-body measurement accuracy of the temperature sensor and sweat sensor are able to achieve $\pm$ 0.14°C and $\pm$ 0.2%, respectively. The presented system can provide wearable battery-free ubiquitous wireless connectivity for point-of-care and any time healthcare and wellbeing monitoring.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-1 |
| Journal | IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology |
| Early online date | 22 Jul 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- antennas
- temperature sensors
- monitoring
- intelligent sensors
- antenna measurements
- wireless communication