Reception device and transmission/reception system including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10044449-B2
Application number	US-201715590652-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	Jul 4, 2016
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

The reception device includes a base member, a first electrode, a second electrode, a differential amplifier, and a circuit board. The base member includes a first surface and a second surface. The first electrode is provided on the first surface and configured to receive a reception signal. The second electrode is provided on the second surface and configured to receive a reference voltage. The differential amplifier is configured to amplify a potential difference between the reception signal and the reference voltage. The circuit board is configured to provide a power voltage and a reference ground to the differential amplifier. A distance between the circuit board and the first electrode is smaller than a distance between the circuit board and the second electrode. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, the amplification performance of the reception device using a human body as a medium is improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reception device for human body communication, the reception device comprising:
a base member including a first outer surface and a second outer surface;
a first electrode provided on the first outer surface and configured to receive a reception signal;
a second electrode provided on the second outer surface and configured to receive a reference voltage having a smaller voltage level than the reception signal;
a differential amplifier configured to amplify a potential difference between the reception signal and the reference voltage to generate an amplification signal;
a circuit board comprising a power plane configured to provide a power voltage to the differential amplifier, a ground plane configured to provide a reference ground to the differential amplifier, and an insulation plane separating the ground plane from the power plane; and
a reception data processing unit configured to correct the amplification signal as restoration data,
wherein a distance between the ground plane and the first electrode is smaller than a distance between the ground plane and the second electrode.

2. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is configured to contact a human body and the second electrode is configured to be spaced from the human body.

3. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are spaced apart from each other.

4. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first electrode and the ground plane is smaller than a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode.

5. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board contacts the first electrode.

6. The reception device of claim 5 , wherein the circuit board further comprises an insulating layer for electrically insulating the first electrode, the power plane, and the ground plane.

7. The reception device of claim 6 , wherein a hole is provided in the circuit board, and the first electrode and the differential amplifier are electrically connected to each other through the hole.

8. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein a positive input terminal of the differential amplifier receives the reception signal and a negative input terminal of the differential amplifier receives the reference voltage.

9. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein a negative input terminal of the differential amplifier receives the reception signal and a positive input terminal of the differential amplifier receives the reference voltage.

10. The reception device of claim 1 , further comprising a display unit configured to receive an image signal based on the amplification signal from the reception data processing unit and display an image.

11. The reception device of claim 10 , wherein the base member further comprises a third outer surface facing the first outer surface and the display unit is provided on the third outer surface.

12. The reception device of claim 1 , wherein the reception signal is a digital signal.

13. The reception device of claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer configured to cover the first electrode or the second electrode.

14. A transmission/reception system for human body communication, the transmission/reception system comprising:
a transmission device configured to provide a transmission signal; and
a reception device configured to receive a reception signal based on the transmission signal,
wherein the reception device comprises:
a base member including a first outer surface and a second outer surface for forming different outer surfaces;
a first electrode provided on the first outer surface and configured to receive the reception signal;
a second electrode disposed on the second outer surface and configured to receive a reference voltage having a smaller voltage level than the reception signal;
a differential amplifier configured to amplify a potential difference between the reception signal and the reference voltage;
a circuit board comprising a power plane configured to provide a power voltage to the differential amplifier, a ground plane configured to provide a reference ground to the differential amplifier, and an insulation plane separating the ground plane form the power plane; and
a reception data processing unit configured to correct the amplification signal as restoration data,
wherein a distance between the ground plane and the first electrode is smaller than a distance between the ground plane and the second electrode.

15. The transmission/reception system of claim 14 , wherein the reception data processing unit generates restoration data having the same data as the transmission signal and a clock signal having the same clock as the transmission signal based on the amplification signal.

16. The transmission/reception system of claim 14 , wherein the transmission device comprises:
a signal generation unit configured to generate the transmission signal;
a transmission data processing unit configured to provide transmission signal information to the signal generation unit;
a transmission electrode configured to receive the transmission signal from the signal generation unit to provide the received transmission signal to the reception device; and
a transmission device ground configured to provide a reference ground to the signal generation unit.

17. The transmission/reception system of claim 16 , wherein a potential value of the reference ground of the reception device or a potential value of the transmission device ground is different from a potential value of a ground surface.

18. The transmission/reception system of claim 16 , wherein the first electrode and the transmission electrode are configured to contact a human body and the second electrode is configured to be spaced from the human body.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Oh Kwang Il
• Kang Tae Wook
• Kim Sung Eun
• Park Hyung-Il
• Kang Sung Weon
• Lim In Gi

Classifications

• H04B5/0012

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B7/0619

  using feedback from receiving side (feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001) · CPC title

• H04B13/005 Primary

  Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body · CPC title

• H04B5/0062

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0031

  Electricity · mapped topic