A wireless body area sensor network based on stretchable passive tags

Simiao Niu; Naoji Matsuhisa; Levent Beker; Jinxing Li; Sihong Wang; Jiechen Wang; Yuanwen Jiang; Xuzhou Yan; Youngjun Yun; William Burnett; Ada S.Y. Poon; Jeffery B.H. Tok; Xiaodong Chen; Zhenan Bao

doi:10.1038/s41928-019-0286-2

A wireless body area sensor network based on stretchable passive tags

Simiao Niu, Naoji Matsuhisa, Levent Beker, Jinxing Li, Sihong Wang, Jiechen Wang, Yuanwen Jiang, Xuzhou Yan, Youngjun Yun, William Burnett, Ada S.Y. Poon, Jeffery B.H. Tok, Xiaodong Chen, Zhenan Bao

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A body area sensor network (bodyNET) is a collection of networked sensors that can be used to monitor human physiological signals. For its application in next-generation personalized healthcare systems, seamless hybridization of stretchable on-skin sensors and rigid silicon readout circuits is required. Here, we report a bodyNET composed of chip-free and battery-free stretchable on-skin sensor tags that are wirelessly linked to flexible readout circuits attached to textiles. Our design offers a conformal skin-mimicking interface by removing all direct contacts between rigid components and the human body. Therefore, this design addresses the mechanical incompatibility issue between soft on-skin devices and rigid high-performance silicon electronics. Additionally, we introduce an unconventional radiofrequency identification technology where wireless sensors are deliberately detuned to increase the tolerance of strain-induced changes in electronic properties. Finally, we show that our soft bodyNET system can be used to simultaneously and continuously analyse a person’s pulse, breath and body movement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	361-368
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Electronics
Volume	2
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-019-0286-2
Publication status	Published - 2019 Aug 1
Externally published	Yes

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Instrumentation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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