1. A Low Power Time Domain ECG Interface Based on Flexible a-IGZO TFTs
- Author
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Gerwin H. Gelinck, Kris Myny, Jan-Laurens van der Steen, Eugenio Cantatore, Mohammad Zulqarnain, Stefano Stanzione, Integrated Circuits, Molecular Materials and Nanosystems, Center for Care & Cure Technology Eindhoven, Center for Quantum Materials and Technology Eindhoven, and Emerging Technologies
- Subjects
010302 applied physics ,Industrial Innovation ,Correlated double sampling ,ECG ,Preamplifier ,Computer science ,020208 electrical & electronic engineering ,IGZO ,Bio-signal read out ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Chopper ,voltage to pulse width conversion ,Integrator ,0103 physical sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electronic engineering ,Voltage to pulse width conversion ,Waveform ,Flicker noise ,Time domain ,bio-signal read out ,Pulse-width modulation - Abstract
This work presents a low power ECG interface for wearable applications, based on unipolar a-IGZO TFTs manufactured on a flexible substrate. The interface consists of a cascaded diode-connected load preamplifier followed by a reset integrator, which is used to convert the voltage signal to a pulse-width modulated (PWM) representation. The output is thus provided as a binary PWM waveform, which can be conveniently sent to a reader device using wireless communication and can be further converted to a digital representation using a simple counter. The flicker noise and the offset are eliminated using an approach similar to correlated double sampling. An input chopper is exploited to alternate the connection between the inputs of the preamplifier for each sample. The output signal is then extracted by subtracting two consecutive samples after conversion to the digital domain. In this way offset and low-frequency noise, which are correlated between the two samples, are effectively cancelled.
- Published
- 2019