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This part of IEC 62779 series defines a functional type of asemiconductor interface for human body communication (HBC). Aninterface for HBC includes an electrode that is physical structureto transmit a data signal to the human body or receive atransmitted data signal from the body. An electrode directlycontacts with the human body in many cases, but it cannot maintainthe contact condition when an object, such as clothes, existsbetween the interface and the body or a near field communication isrequired; hence, depending on the contact condition, an interfacefor HBC can be categorized into a contact and non-contact type asshown in Figure 1. This part includes the categorization of theinterface for HBC according to the contact condition; andperformance parameters characterizing the interface of eachcategory.