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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Jung Hyup Lee, Singapore, SG;
Vishal Vinayak Kulkarni, Singapore, SG;
Tao Wang, Singapore, SG;
Jun Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Xin Liu, Singapore, SG;
Minkyu Je, Singapore, SG;
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
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.