Abstract
Ultra-low power consumption and miniature size are by far the most important design requirements for implantable pacemakers. In order to guarantee a long life span of the device, saving power in the sensing IC is a primary concern as cardiac rhythm disorders must be continuously monitored [1]. Shifting the functionality of QRS-band power parameter extraction to the analog domain can reduce system-level power consumption of heartbeat detection significantly through minimizing computational complexity of the DSP [2,3]. In addition, current biomedical ICs still require further improvement of power efficiency as their analog back ends consume significant power [2-4]. For low-power means, the presented analog signal processor (ASP) introduces a power-efficient analog feature extraction, a current-multiplexed ADC driver and a flexible ADC. This advances the state of the art by reducing the power consumption of the ASP below 1µW without compromising other specs, such as input SNR >70dB, CMRR >90dB, PSRR >80dB, and enables low-power heartbeat detection for implantable pacemakers.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) : digest of technical papers, 9-13 February 2014, San Francisco, USA |
Editors | L.C. Fujino |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 418-419 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-0918-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 61st IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2014 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 9 Feb 2014 → 13 Feb 2014 Conference number: 61 |
Conference
Conference | 61st IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2014 |
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Abbreviated title | ISSCC 2014 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 9/02/14 → 13/02/14 |
Other | “Silicon Systems Bridging the Cloud” |