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2010
School of Electrical Engineering &Telecom
munications
UNSW ENGINEERING @ UNSW
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Author: Shane Ennis (3331667) Supervisor: Prof. Nigel Lovell
Assessor: Dr. Stephen Redmond Co-supervisor: Dr. Torsten Lehmann
A Radio Transceiver for a Falls Detection Pendant
Abstract As life expectancy increases and the population continues to age, falls related injuries are becoming more prevalent. This thesis aims to provide a communication link between a low power falls detector being developed by the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW and the Grupo Neat NEO care phone.
3.Circuit Various matching network topologies such as Pi, T and L were simulated through the use of Smith V3.10.
1. Software A Texas Instruments CC1120 transceiver chip was utilised for the communications in conjunction with an MSP430.
2. Antenna Three different types of antennae were simulated using Comsol Multiphysics; Monopole, Patch, and Inverted-F.
Inverted-F Antenna
Patch Antenna
Monopole Antenna
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gplane_l
Feed point
Matching Circuitry
This antenna design was chosen due to its compact size and directivity
Full Circuit The circuit was designed using Altium Designer 13 and is derived from the CC1120 TI reference design.
PCB Design A 3.43cm by 4.03cm 4 layer PCB of 1mm thickness with an immersion gold surface finish was designed. This design uses 0402 surface mount components.