A wireless biomedical signal interface system-on-chip for body sensor networks

Wang, L., Yang, G.Z., Huang, J., Zhang, J.Y., Yu, L., Nie, Z.D. and Cumming, D.R.S. (2010) A wireless biomedical signal interface system-on-chip for body sensor networks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 4(2), pp. 112-117. (doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.2038228)

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Abstract

Recent years have seen the rapid development of biosensor technology, system-on-chip design, wireless technology. and ubiquitous computing. When assembled into an autonomous body sensor network (BSN), the technologies become powerful tools in well-being monitoring, medical diagnostics, and personal connectivity. In this paper, we describe the first demonstration of a fully customized mixed-signal silicon chip that has most of the attributes required for use in a wearable or implantable BSN. Our intellectual-property blocks include low-power analog sensor interface for temperature and pH, a data multiplexing and conversion module, a digital platform based around an 8-b microcontroller, data encoding for spread-spectrum wireless transmission, and a RF section requiring very few off-chip components. The chip has been fully evaluated and tested by connection to external sensors, and it satisfied typical system requirements.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Cumming, Professor David
Authors: Wang, L., Yang, G.Z., Huang, J., Zhang, J.Y., Yu, L., Nie, Z.D., and Cumming, D.R.S.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
Journal Name:IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
ISSN:1932-4545

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