Receiver for body channel communication and a method of operating a receiver therefrom

摘要

In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a receiver for body channel communication. The receiver includes an electrode configured to receive an incoming signal transmitted as a multi-level transmission signal from a transmitter through a body channel, a differentiator configured to obtain a time derivative of the incoming signal indicating a plurality of data transitions, and an analog to digital converter configured to generate a multi-level output signal representing the multi-level transmission signal based on the plurality of data transitions. A corresponding method of controlling a receiver for body channel communications is provided.

主权项

1. A receiver for body channel communication comprising:
an electrode configured to receive an incoming signal transmitted as a multi-level transmission signal from a transmitter through a body channel; a differentiator configured to obtain a time derivative of the incoming signal; and an analog to digital converter configured to generate a multi-level representation signal representing the multi-level transmission signal based on the time derivative, wherein the analog to digital converter is a multi-level detector configured to generate a plurality of digital words by comparing each of the plurality of data transitions to a plurality of thresholds in generating the multi-level representation signal.