Wireless Connectivity for Medical Applications - Arrow Electronics
Wireless Connectivity for Medical Applications - Arrow Electronics
Wireless Connectivity for Medical Applications - Arrow Electronics
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• MICS (<strong>Medical</strong> Implant<br />
Communication Service)<br />
– 402–405 MHz<br />
– FCC established the band in<br />
1999<br />
– USA, EU, Australia, New<br />
Zealand, Japan and Canada<br />
harmonization<br />
• Although recently some<br />
proposals to ETSI to<br />
deregulate MICS band<br />
– Other countries expected to<br />
follow<br />
– Frequency band shared with<br />
meteorological aids (weather<br />
balloons)<br />
• MICS considered a<br />
“secondary” allocation of the<br />
frequency spectrum<br />
MICS Standard<br />
Channel 1<br />
402 MHz<br />
medicalsolutions@arrow.com<br />
Features<br />
Short range telemetry ~2 m<br />
Power limited to 25 mW EIRP<br />
(outside the body)<br />
300kHz bandwidth<br />
Allows up to 10 “channels”<br />
Channel 2<br />
Channel 3<br />
Channel 4<br />
Channel 5<br />
Channel 6<br />
Channel 7<br />
300 kHz<br />
Channel 8<br />
Channel 9<br />
Channel 10<br />
405 MHz<br />
25 μW (-16 dBm)<br />
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