Paper Info
Title
Low-power low-noise analog signal conditioning chip with on-chip drivers for healthcare applications
Abstract
This paper presents an ultra low-noise, low-voltage complete analog signal conditioning chip, fabricated in 180nm mixed-mode CMOS process. In contrast to many already-reported biomedical chips the test chip has been fabricated in a relatively scaled technology operating at low supply voltage of 1.8V. This enables targeting energy-efficient hand-held biomedical devices where low-noise analog signal conditioning, preliminary processing and low-power wireless functionalities will be integrated on one chip. The test chip features instrumentation amplifier (INA) with chopper modulation at the first stage. The second stage is a novel area efficient spike removal filter (SRF) for attenuating coupled chopping spikes. The last stage is a differential active RC filter to adjust gain and bandwidth of the forward channel. On-chip non-overlapping clock generators with frequency of 4kHz and 8kHz for SRF stage are also implemented on the test. The chip also features a reconfigurable driven-right-leg circuit (DRLC) and shield drive amplifier (SDA) in the feedback path specifically for portable healthcare instruments. The DRLC provides the feedback either with operational amplifier (op-amp) or operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), configurable by the user. The presented test chip, for the first time, demonstrates an integrated OTA-based DRLC along with INA. INA and drivers have been designed and optimized for minimum power dissipation using a power-oriented design flow. The measurement results show that the INA achieves input-referred noise density of 28nv/Hz and DC current of 5.9@mA maintaining minimum of 109dB at 1.91kHz. Measurements also show that 34dB interference reduction at 50Hz is achieved with DRLC. Low operating voltage, wide range of specifications and reconfigurable modules and interconnections enable the chip to be used for broad range of signal conditioning applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.mejo.2012.06.008
Microelectronics Journal
Keywords
Field
DocType
already-reported biomedical chip,on-chip driver,operational amplifier,instrumentation amplifier,healthcare application,srf stage,test chip,low-power low-noise analog signal,integrated ota-based drlc,shield drive amplifier,operational transconductance amplifier,last stage,conditioning chip
Signal conditioning,Direct-coupled amplifier,Operational transconductance amplifier,Instrumentation amplifier,Electronic engineering,Chip,Engineering,Analog signal,Electrical engineering,Operational amplifier,Amplifier
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
43
11
0026-2692
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.64
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sanjay Joshi150.98
Viral Thaker250.98
Anvesha Amaravati3195.56
Maryam Shojaei Baghini48629.67