Low-Power Analog Integrated Circuits for Wireless ECG Acquisition Systems

• Published in: IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 907 - 917
• Main Authors: Tsai, Tsung-Heng, Hong, Jia-Hua, Wang, Liang-Hung, Lee, Shuenn-Yuh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Analog filter; analog front-end ICs; analog-to-digital converter (ADC); ECG signal acquisition; Electrical Equipment and Supplies; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - instrumentation; Electrocardiography - methods; Equipment Design; Humans; low noise amplifier (LNA); low-power circuits; Medical services; Mixers; Monitoring; Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation; power amplifier (PA); power splitter; quadrature mixer; quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO); Radio frequency; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; System-on-a-chip; Wireless communication; Wireless Technology - instrumentation

This paper presents low-power analog ICs for wireless ECG acquisition systems. Considering the power-efficient communication in the body sensor network, the required low-power analog ICs are developed for a healthcare system through miniaturization and system integration. To acquire the ECG signal,...