Abstract
This paper presents a 52 μW heart-rate measurement interface for wearable applications, fabricated on a flexible foil with a-IGZO TFTs. The interface consists of a cascaded diode-connected load preamplifier with a gain of 22 dB in 3 kHz bandwidth. The output is provided as a binary PWM waveform, which can be sent to a reader device using wireless communication. Voltage to pulse-width conversion is achieved with a simple and power minimalistic approach, which exploits a reset integrator. Experimental characterization demonstrates an overall low-frequency gain of the system equal to 25 msec/V and an input referred noise of 186.3 μV rms. In-vivo measurements have been performed, resulting in a 60 bpm heart-rate for a person at rest.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ESSCIRC 2018 - IEEE 44th European Solid State Circuits Conference |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 222-225 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5386-5404-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 2018 |
Event | 44th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2018) - Dresden, Germany Duration: 3 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018 Conference number: 44 |
Conference
Conference | 44th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2018) |
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Abbreviated title | ESSCIRC 2018 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Dresden |
Period | 3/09/18 → 6/09/18 |
Keywords
- 1/f noise
- IGZO
- PWM
- bio-signal read out
- voltage to pulse width conversion