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20 10 School of Electrical Engineering &Telecommunications UNSW ENGINEERING @ UNSW 14 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 gplane_w 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.

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Page 1: 20 A Radio Transceiver for a Falls Detection 10 Pendant · Feed point Matching Circuitry This antenna design was chosen due to its compact size and directivity Full Circuit The circuit

2010

School of Electrical Engineering &Telecom

munications

UNSW ENGINEERING @ UNSW

14

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

gplane_w

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.