Wrist Pulse Rate Monitor Using Self-Injection-Locked Radar Technology.
To achieve sensitivity, comfort, and durability in vital sign monitoring, this study explores the use of radar technologies in wearable devices. The study first detected the respiratory rates and heart rates of a subject at a one-meter distance using a self-injection-locked (SIL) radar and a conventional continuous-wave (CW) radar to compare the sensitivity versus power consumption between the two radars. Then, a pulse rate monitor was constructed based on a bistatic SIL radar architecture. This monitor uses an active antenna that is composed of a SIL oscillator (SILO) and a patch antenna. When attached to a band worn on the subject's wrist, the active antenna can monitor the pulse on the subject's wrist by modulating the SILO with the associated Doppler signal. Subsequently, the SILO's output signal is received and demodulated by a remote frequency discriminator to obtain the pulse rate information.
['Wang|Fu-Kang|FK|', 'Tang|Mu-Cyun|MC|', 'Su|Sheng-Chao|SC|', 'Horng|Tzyy-Sheng|TS|']
D006339:Heart Rate D006801:Humans D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic D011674:Pulse D011825:Radar D055986:Vital Signs D014953:Wrist
wrist pulse rate monitor self-injection-locked (SIL) radar continuous-wave (CW) radar bistatic radar architecture