Hwang Sungkil, Aninakwa Kofi, Sonkusale Sameer
Nanoscale Integrated Sensors and Circuits Laboratory, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;2010:662-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627215.
This paper presents a low noise, low power, bandwidth tunable amplifier for bio-potential signal recording applications. By employing depletion-mode pMOS transistor in diode configuration as a tunable sub pA current source to adjust the resistivity of MOS-Bipolar pseudo-resistor, the bandwidth is adjusted without any need for a separate band-pass filter stage. For high CMRR, PSRR and dynamic range, a fully differential structure is used in the design of the amplifier. The amplifier achieves a midband gain of 39.8dB with a tunable high-pass cutoff frequency ranging from 0.1Hz to 300Hz. The amplifier is fabricated in 0.18εm CMOS process and occupies 0.14mm(2) of chip area. A three electrode ECG measurement is performed using the proposed amplifier to show its feasibility for low power, compact wearable ECG monitoring application.
本文提出了一种用于生物电位信号记录应用的低噪声、低功耗、带宽可调放大器。通过将处于二极管配置的耗尽型pMOS晶体管用作可调亚皮安电流源来调整MOS-双极伪电阻的电阻率,无需任何单独的带通滤波器级即可调整带宽。为了实现高共模抑制比(CMRR)、电源抑制比(PSRR)和动态范围,放大器设计采用了全差分结构。该放大器实现了39.8dB的中频增益,可调高通截止频率范围为0.1Hz至300Hz。该放大器采用0.18μm CMOS工艺制造,芯片面积为0.14mm²。使用所提出的放大器进行了三电极心电图测量,以展示其在低功耗、紧凑可穿戴心电图监测应用中的可行性。