Research Article

Wearable BLE Wireless Sensor Based on U-Shaped EBG Monopole Antenna

Table 8

Power consumption of the circuit before and after the sensor is added.

Current consumption (max.) (mA)Average current (mA)Voltage (V)Power consumption (mW)Lifetime of the circuit when measuring and transmitting every 1 s (h)

Before adding the sensorCurrent max (mA)7.783.173.325.67287
Current min (mA)2.53.38.25
After adding the sensorCurrent max (mA)147.8332.683.3487.8327
Current min (mA)83.326.4