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In addition, it is uncomfortable to tape such electrodes onto the skin. Therefore, contactless electrodes are proposed in literature to monitor signals of the heart [5-7], which is also a muscle. These electrodes detect an electric displacement current by coupling capacitively to the body instead of detecting a Nernstian current; therefore, they require no electrical contact with the skin. The possibility to avoid direct skin contact reduces the skin irritations problems. III. CONTACTLESS EMG MEASUREMENTS USING PCB ELECTRODES Fig.
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3, 4 and 5. A block diagram of our whole system as well as a picture of the developed system is shown in figure 4 and 5. Fig. 3 Simplified electrical equivalent circuit for the skin-electrode impedance The standard BIS electrodes are composed of aluminium (Al) and a hydrogel (with a resistive behaviour), which acts as adhesive and electrolytic medium (ZContact = RGel). Due to the lack of electrolytic medium, textile electrodes present a strong capacitive impedance ZContact, which is dependent on the contact between electrode and skin.