Receiver for body channel communication and a method of operating a receiver therefrom
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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.
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Abstract
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.
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1. A receiver for body channel communication comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a receiver for body channel communication, comprising:
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receiving an incoming signal transmitted as a multi-level transmission signal from a transmitter through a body channel; obtaining a time derivative of the incoming signal; and generating a multi-level representation signal representing the multi-level transmission signal based on the time derivative, wherein the method further comprises generating 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. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for body channel communication comprising:
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a transmitter comprising; a driver configured to generate a multi-level transmission signal comprising at least three signal levels; and
a transmission electrode configured to transmit the multi-level transmission signal through a body channel, anda receiver comprising; an electrode configured to receive the multi-level transmission signal from the transmitter through the body channel; a differentiator configured to obtain a time derivative of the multi-level transmission 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.
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