Wireless battery-free body sensor networks using near-field-enabled clothing

Rongzhou Lin; Han-Joon Kim; Sippanat Achavananthadith; Selman A. Kurt; Shawn C. C. Tan; Haicheng Yao; Benjamin C. K. Tee; Jason K. W. Lee; John S. Ho

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14311-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Wireless battery-free body sensor networks using near-field-enabled clothing

Rongzhou Lin,
Han-Joon Kim,
Sippanat Achavananthadith,
Selman A. Kurt,
Shawn C. C. Tan,
Haicheng Yao,
Benjamin C. K. Tee,
Jason K. W. Lee,
John S. Ho

Affiliations

Rongzhou Lin: Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore
Han-Joon Kim: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Sippanat Achavananthadith: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Selman A. Kurt: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Shawn C. C. Tan: Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Haicheng Yao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Benjamin C. K. Tee: Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore
Jason K. W. Lee: Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
John S. Ho: Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14311-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Though wireless near-field communication (NFC) technologies that connect wearable sensors for health monitoring have been reported, the short range of NFC readers limits sensor functionality. Here, the authors report a wireless and battery-free body sensor network with near-field-enabled clothing.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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