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Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING POWER AND INFORMATION THROUGH HUMAN BODY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11225119
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To allow a receiver to detect and decode data by allowing a transmitter to transmit not only data but also power to the receiver through the use of capacitive coupling.

In a circuit consisting of an AC voltage source and an inductor 302, Ch is connected to make a part of a serial LC tank circuit. Namely, the inductor 302 is capacitively coupled to a user through an electrode (shown by connection to Ch) and the user puts the receiver generating Cthj on his/her body. A voltage source 300 calculates a reference value with respect to Ch concerning a Q switching or FSK circuit in a state driven by the resonance frequency of a tank circuit and equivalent to zero bit, and the source 300 drives based on a prescribed formula. When the circuit of a receiver is operated so as to change the state to some single bit, the transmitter detects the change of the amplitude or phase of Vc to detect this.


Inventors:
E REMI POST
BABAK NIVI
NEAL GERSHENFELD
Application Number:
JP31418198A
Publication Date:
August 17, 1999
Filing Date:
November 05, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY
International Classes:
H02J7/02; H04B13/00; H04L12/10; (IPC1-7): H04B13/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kaoru Furuya (2 outside)