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Chen J, Wang F, Zhang D, Liu J, Wu H, Zhou Z, Yang H, Yan T, Tang T. Catalyzing satellite communication: A 20W Ku-Band RF front-end power amplifier design and deployment. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300616. [PMID: 38598530 PMCID: PMC11006151 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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This paper presents a groundbreaking Ku-band 20W RF front-end power amplifier (PA), designed to address numerous challenges encountered by satellite communication systems, including those pertaining to stability, linearity, cost, and size. The manuscript commences with an exhaustive discussion of system design and operational principles, emphasizing the intricacies of low-noise amplification, and incorporating key considerations such as noise factors, stability analysis, gain, and gain flatness. Subsequently, an in-depth study is conducted on various components of the RF chain, including the pre-amplification module, driver-amplification module, and final-stage amplification module. The holistic design extends to the inclusion of the display and control unit, featuring the power-control module, monitoring module, and overall layout design of the PA. It is meticulously tailored to meet the specific demands of satellite communication. Following this, a thorough exploration of electromagnetic simulation and measurement results ensues, providing validation for the precision and reliability of the proposed design. Finally, the feasibility of that design is substantiated through systematic system design, prototype production, and exhaustive experimental testing. It is noteworthy that, in the space-simulation environmental test, emphasis is placed on the excellent performance of the Star Ku-band PA within the 13.75GHz to 14.5GHz frequency range. Detailed power scan measurements reveal a P1dB of 43dBm, maintaining output power flatness < ± 0.5dBm across the entire frequency and temperature spectrum. Third-order intermodulation scan measurements indicate a third-order intermodulation of ≤ -23dBc. Detailed results of power monitoring demonstrate a range from +18dBm to +54dBm. Scans of spurious suppression and harmonic suppression, meanwhile, show that the PA evinces spurious suppression ≤ -65dBc and harmonic suppression ≤ -60dBc. Rigorous phase-scan measurements exhibit a phase-shift adjustment range of 0° to 360°, with a step of 5.625°, and a phase-shift accuracy of 0.5dB. Detailed data from gain-scan measurements show a gain-adjustment range of 0dB to 30dB, with a gain flatness of ± 0.5dB. Attenuation error is ≤ 1%. These test parameters perfectly align with the practical application requirements of the technical specifications. When compared to existing Ku-band PAs, our design reflects a deeper consideration of specific requirements in satellite communication, ensuring its outstanding performance and uniqueness. This PA features good stability, high linearity, low cost, and compact modularity, ensuring continuous and stable power output. These features position the proposed system as a leader within the market. Successful orbital deployment not only validates its operational stability; it also makes a significant contribution to the advancement of China's satellite PA technology, generating positive socio-economic benefits.
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- Jiafa Chen
- Department of Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of China Aviation East China Optoelectronics, Anhui East China Photoelectric Technology Research Institute, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of China Aviation East China Optoelectronics, Anhui East China Photoelectric Technology Research Institute, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of College of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
- Department of Optoelectronic Materials Science and Technology, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Printing and pack aging Engineering, Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Li X, Ren S, Li X, Zhao T, Deng X, Zheng W. A LFP/AP Mode Reconfigurable Analog Front-End Combining an Electrical EEEG-iEEG Model for the Closed-Loop VNS. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:408-422. [PMID: 37971906 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3333369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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This article presents a local field potential (LFP)/action potential (AP) mode reconfigurable analog front-end (AFE) dedicated for the closed-loop vagus nerve stimulator (VNS). It combines an inverse electrical model of the intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) conducting in the brain tissues and been recorded at scalp as the extended electroencephalogram (EEEG). The AFE contains a LFP/AP mode reconfigurable EEEG preamplifier, a tunable integrator to compensate the effect of either the recording electrodes or head tissues, and an adder. The LFP/AP mode reconfigurable EEEG preamplifier consists of a tunable chopper-stabilized amplifier (CSA) and a 2nd-order tunable low pass filter (LPF). For better separation of LFP and AP signals, a high-order DC servo loop (DSL) characterized as a 2nd-order DSL in parallel with a 1st-order DSL is exploited in the tunable CSA to achieve a tunable high-pass frequency with a stopband attenuation slope (SAS) of +40 dB/dec. In addition, the tunable LPF can obtain a tunable low-pass frequency with a SAS of -40 dB/dec and provide additional 20 dB gain for AP signals. Fabricated in a SMIC 180 nm CMOS technology, and in the LFP band (0.5 Hz-200 Hz) and AP band (300 Hz-5 kHz), the measured mid-band gains of the LFP/AP mode reconfigurable EEEG preamplifier are 39.6 dB and 59.5 dB, the input-referred noises (IRNs) are 2.2 μVrms and 6.3 μVrms, the DC/in-band input impedances are 1.27/1.26 GΩ and 0.3/0.22 GΩ, respectively. The power consumption per channel AFE is 6.3 μW, and the die area is 1.4 mm × 0.25 mm.
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Lee SY, Hsieh YT, Lee HY, Chang SS, Chen JY. A Direct Current-Sensing VCO-Based 2nd-Order Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulator for Biosensor Readout Applications. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:288-298. [PMID: 37812555 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3322901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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A second-order voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based continuous-time sigma-delta modulator (CTSDM) for current-sensing readout applications is proposed. Current signals from the sensor can directly be quantized by the proposed VCO-based CTSDM, which does not require any extra trans-impedance amplifiers. With the proportional-integral (PI) structure and a VCO phase integrator, the capability of second-order noise shaping is available to reduce the in-band quantization noise. The PI structure can be simply realized by a resistor in series with the integrating capacitor, which can reduce the architecture complexity and maintain the stability of the system. The current-steering digital-to-analog converter with tail and sink current sources is used on the feedback path for the subtraction of the current-type input signal. All the components of the circuit are scaling friendly and applicable to current-sensing readout applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). The proposed VCO-based CTSDM implemented in a 0.18-μm standard CMOS process has a measured signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of 74.6 dB at 10 kHz bandwidth and consumes 44.8 μw only under a supply voltage of 1.2 V, which can achieve a Figure-of-Merit (FoM) of 160.76 dB.
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Wu J, Akinin A, Somayajulu J, Lee MS, Paul A, Lu H, Park Y, Kim SJ, Mercier PP, Cauwenberghs G. A Low-Noise Low-Power 0.001Hz-1kHz Neural Recording System-on-Chip With Sample-Level Duty-Cycling. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:263-273. [PMID: 38408002 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2024.3368068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Advances in brain-machine interfaces and wearable biomedical sensors for healthcare and human-computer interactions call for precision electrophysiology to resolve a variety of biopotential signals across the body that cover a wide range of frequencies, from the mHz-range electrogastrogram (EGG) to the kHz-range electroneurogram (ENG). Existing integrated wearable solutions for minimally invasive biopotential recordings are limited in detection range and accuracy due to trade-offs in bandwidth, noise, input impedance, and power consumption. This article presents a 16-channel wide-band ultra-low-noise neural recording system-on-chip (SoC) fabricated in 65nm CMOS for chronic use in mobile healthcare settings that spans a bandwidth of 0.001 Hz to 1 kHz through a featured sample-level duty-cycling (SLDC) mode. Each recording channel is implemented by a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) achieving 1.0 μ V rms input-referred noise over 1Hz-1kHz bandwidth with a Noise Efficiency Factor (NEF) of 2.93 in continuous operation mode. In SLDC mode, the power supply is duty-cycled while maintaining consistently low input-referred noise levels at ultra-low frequencies (1.1 μV rms over 0.001Hz-1Hz) and 435 M Ω input impedance. The functionalities of the proposed SoC are validated with two human electrophysiology applications: recording low-amplitude electroencephalogram (EEG) through electrodes fixated on the forehead to monitor brain waves, and ultra-slow-wave electrogastrogram (EGG) through electrodes fixated on the abdomen to monitor digestion.
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Li D, Huang Q, Wang K. Exonuclease III-propelled DNAzyme walker: an electrochemical strategy for microRNA diagnostics. Mikrochim Acta 2024; 191:173. [PMID: 38436735 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-024-06208-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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MicroRNA detection is crucial for early infectious disease diagnosis and rapid cancer screening. However, conventional techniques like reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, requiring specialized training and intricate procedures, are less suitable for point-of-care analyses. To address this, we've developed a straightforward amplifier based on an exonuclease III (exo III)-propelled DNAzyme walker for sensitive and selective microRNA detection. This amplifier employs a specially designed hairpin probe with two exposed segments for strand recognition. Once the target microRNA is identified by the hairpin's extended single-strand DNA, exo III initiates its digestion, allowing microRNA regeneration and subsequent hairpin probe digestion cycles. This cyclical process produces a significant amount of DNAzyme, leading to a marked reduction in electrochemical signals. The biosensor exhibits a detection range from 10 fM to 100 pM and achieves a detection limit of 5 fM (3σ criterion). Importantly, by integrating an "And logic gate," our system gains the capacity for simultaneous diagnosis of multiple microRNAs, enhancing its applicability in RNA-based disease diagnostics.
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- Dengke Li
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Affiliated Huaian No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, 223300, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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- Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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Wang Z, Wang X, Shu G, Yin M, Huang S, Yin M. Power-to-Noise Optimization in the Design of Neural Recording Amplifier Based on Current Scaling, Source Degeneration Resistor, and Current Reuse. Biosensors (Basel) 2024; 14:111. [PMID: 38392030 PMCID: PMC10887131 DOI: 10.3390/bios14020111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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This article presents the design of a low-power, low-noise neural signal amplifier for neural recording. The structure reduces the current consumption of the amplifier through current scaling technology and lowers the input-referred noise of the amplifier by combining a source degeneration resistor and current reuse technologies. The amplifier was fabricated using a 0.18 μm CMOS MS RF G process. The results show the front-end amplifier exhibits a measured mid-band gain of 40 dB/46 dB and a bandwidth ranging from 0.54 Hz to 6.1 kHz; the amplifier's input-referred noise was measured to be 3.1 μVrms, consuming a current of 3.8 μA at a supply voltage of 1.8 V, with a Noise Efficiency Factor (NEF) of 2.97. The single amplifier's active silicon area is 0.082 mm2.
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- Zhen Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; (Z.W.); (X.W.); (G.S.); (M.Y.); (S.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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Dabbaghian A, El-Hajj Y, Ghalamboran M, Grau G, Kassiri H. A 0.67 μV-IIRN super-T Ω-Z IN 17.5 μW/Ch Active Electrode With In-Channel Boosted CMRR for Distributed EEG Monitoring. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:3-15. [PMID: 37535484 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3301554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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We present the design, development, and experimental characterization of an active electrode (AE) IC for wearable ambulatory EEG recording. The proposed architecture features in-AE double common-mode (CM) rejection, making the recording's CMRR independent of typically-significant AE-to-AE gain variations. Thanks to being DC coupled and needless of chopper stabilization for flicker noise suppression, the architecture yields a super-T Ω input impedance. Such a large input impedance makes the AE's CMRR practically immune to electrode-skin interface impedance variations across different recording channels, a critical feature for dry-electrode ambulatory systems. Signal quantization and serialization are also performed in-AE, which enables a distributed system in which all AEs use a single data bus for data/command communication to the backend module, thus significantly improving the system's scalability. Additionally, the presented AE hosts auxiliary modules for (i) detection of an unstable electrode-skin connection through continuous interface impedance monitoring, (ii) dynamic measurement and adjustment of input DC level, and (iii) a CM feedback loop for further CMRR enhancement. The article also presents the development of printed (extrusion) tattoo electrodes and their experimental characterization results with the proposed AE architecture. Besides bio-compatibility, low-cost, pattern flexibility, and quick fabrication process, the printed electrodes offer a very stable electrode-skin connection, conform to scalp shape, and exhibit consistent performance under various bending curvatures. Analog circuit blocks of the presented AE architecture are designed and fabricated using a standard 180 nm CMOS technology, and the [Formula: see text] IC is integrated with off-chip low-power digital modules on a PCB to form the AE. Our measurement results show a CMRR of 82.2 dB (at 60 Hz), amplification voltage gain of 52.8 dB, a bandwidth of 0.2-400 Hz, ±500 mV input DC offset tolerance, An input impedance [Formula: see text], and 0.67 μV RMS integrated input referred noise (0.5-100 Hz), while consuming 17.5 μW per channel. All auxiliary modules are tested experimentally, and the entire system is validated in-vivo, for both ECG and EEG recording.
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Fang L, Zhang S, Li Y, Wu S, Zeng X, Hong Z, Xu J. A 107.6 dB-DR Three-Step Incremental ADC for Motion-Tolerate Biopotential Signals Recording. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:111-122. [PMID: 37682651 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3312976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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This article describes a power-efficient, high dynamic range (DR) incremental ADC (IADC) for wearable biopotential signals recording, where DC and low-frequency disturbances such as electrode offset, 50/60 Hz interference and motion artifact must be tolerated. To achieve a wide DR, the IADC performs a three-step conversion by combining zoom-SAR and extended counting (EC) on top of a second-order incremental delta-sigma modulator (ΔΣM). The hybrid architecture notably reduces the oversampling ratio (OSR) with respect to conventional incremental ΔΣMs, while using the EC further improves the Signal-to-Noise-and-Distortion Ratio (SNDR) by 7.4 to 25.6 dB. Fabricated in a 0.18-μm CMOS technology, the IADC achieves 107.6-dB DR, 104.9-dB peak SNR, and 99.3-dB peak SNDR at 2 kS/s while dissipating 130 μW from 1.8-V (analog) / 1.2-V (digital) supply. This translates to a highly competitive FoMDR of 176.5 dB. The high-DR IADC reduces the gain of the preceding instrumentation amplifier (IA) such that significant DC and low-frequency disturbances can be tolerated. The advantages of high DR have been demonstrated by wearable Electrocardiography (ECG) and Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings under motion artifact.
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Zhu L, Zhou Z, Wang W, Xie S, Meng Q, Wang Z. A High CMRR Differential Difference Amplifier Employing Combined Input Pairs for Neural Signal Recordings. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2024; 18:100-110. [PMID: 37665710 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3311465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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This article introduces a Combined .symmetrical and complementary Input Pairs (CIP) of a Differential Difference Amplifier (DDA), to boost the total Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) for multi-channel neural signal recording. The proposed CIP-DDA employs three input pairs (transconductors). The dc-coupled input neural signal connection, via the gate terminal of the first transconductor, yields a high input impedance. The high-pass corner frequency and dc quiescent operation point are stabilized by the second transconductor. The calibration path of differential-mode gain and Common-Mode Feedback (CMFB) is provided by the proposed third transconductor. The parallel connection has no need for extra voltage headroom of input and output. The proposed CIP-DDA is targeted at integrated circuit realization and designed in a 0.18-μm CMOS technology. The proposed CIP-DDAs with system CMFB achieve an average CMRR of 103 dB, and each channel consumes circa 3.6 μW power consumption.
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Hassan ES. Performance enhancement and PAPR reduction for MIMO based QAM-FBMC systems. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296999. [PMID: 38206931 PMCID: PMC10783751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Filter Bank Multi-Carrier (FBMC) is attracting significant interest as a multi-carrier modulation (MCM) approach for future communication systems. It offers numerous advantages in contrast to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Nonetheless, similar to many other MCM techniques, FBMC encounters a significant challenge with a high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR). Additionally, incorporating Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) into FBMC presents heightened difficulties due to the presence of complex interference and increased computational complexity. In this paper, we first study the performance analysis of MIMO based Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)-FBMC systems considering the system complexity and interference. To enhance coverage effectively using beamforming with multiple antennas, it is essential to reduce PAPR to minimize the input backoff (IBO) required by nonlinear power amplifiers. Therefore, we propose new PAPR reduction method for MIMO based QAM-FBMC systems leveraging the null space within the MIMO channel using clipping and filtering (CF) technique. The PAPR reduction signals generated in this process are then mapped to the null space of the overall MIMO channel for each frequency block. Through computer simulations using a nonlinear power amplifier model, we illustrate that the proposed method substantially enhances both PAPR and throughput of MIMO based FBMC systems compared to conventional methods.
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- Emad S. Hassan
- Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jazan University, Jizan, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, Egypt
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Halder RS, Basumatary B, Sahani A. Development of a low-cost, compact, wireless, 16 - channel biopotential data acquisition, signal conditioning and arbitrary waveform stimulator. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2024; 10:025002. [PMID: 38118179 DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ad17a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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The health and fitness of the human body rely heavily on physiological parameters. These parameters can be measured using various tools such as ECG, EMG, EEG, EOG, among others, to obtain real-time physiological data. Analysing the bio-signals obtained from these measurements can provide valuable information that can be used to improve health-care in terms of observation, diagnosis, and treatment. In bio-signal pattern recognition applications, more channels provide multiple information simultaneously. Different biosignal acquisition devices are available in the market, most of which are designed for specific signals like ECG, EMG, EEG etc The gain of the amplifiers and frequency of the filters are designed as per the targeted signals; due to which one device cannot be used for other signals. Also, most of the systems are wired system which is not comfortable for animal studies. In this paper, a low-cost, compact, wireless, 16 channel biopotential data acquisition system with integrated electrical stimulator is designed and implemented. There are several novel and flexible design approaches were incorporated in the proposed design like (1) It has user selectable digital filter in each channel based on the signal frequencies like ECG, EMG, EEG, EOG. The same system will be used to acquire different signals simultaneously. (2) It has variable gain with a configurable analog bandpass filter. (3) It can acquire signals from 4 patients simultaneously. (4) The system is capable to acquire signal from both two-electrode as well as three-electrode configurations. (5) It has integrated stimulator with trapezoidal, charge-balanced, biphasic stimulus output with near zero DC level and user selectable pulse duration or frequency of the stimulus. The developed system has the ability to acquire and transmit data wirelessly in real-time at a high transfer rate. To validate the performance of the system, tests were conducted on the acquired signals using a simulator.
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- Rajat Suvra Halder
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India
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Sun J. A multi-objective optimization based doherty power amplifier and its matching network optimization method. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293371. [PMID: 38127920 PMCID: PMC10735000 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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In the actual design process of traditional power amplifiers, there is a problem of being cumbersome and unable to simultaneously meet low power and saturation modes. Therefore, an improved multi-objective optimization algorithm proposed by decomposition is introduced to optimize its matching network to achieve overall optimization design of power amplifiers. The algorithm, matching network, and optimized power amplifier performance are simulated and verified. The experimental outcomes denote that on the logic function with Zener diode transistor, the proposed algorithm has a mean generation distance index of 5.03E-3, which is lower than most algorithms. Its overall comprehensive performance is better than the comparison algorithm, and compared to the comparison algorithm, it converges more quickly in the early stage of iteration on 1 and 2, and tends to stabilize in the 40th generation, and completes convergence in the 80th generation. In addition, the optimal solution has already begun to appear around the 25th generation and reached saturation around the 70th generation. At the same time, in the actual working bandwidth, the optimized power amplifier saturation efficiency reaches 51.5%~61.9%, and the efficiency at 6dB power backoff is about 44.4%~56.5%. Overall, the algorithm proposed in the study is effective in optimizing power amplifiers and their matching networks, effectively solving the problem of insufficient efficiency in low power modes in traditional designs.
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- Jun Sun
- Maqu Broadcast Transmitting Station of Gansu Province Radio and Television Bureau, Gansu, China
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Dutt S, Shao H, Karawdeniya B, Bandara YMNDY, Daskalaki E, Suominen H, Kluth P. High Accuracy Protein Identification: Fusion of Solid-State Nanopore Sensing and Machine Learning. Small Methods 2023; 7:e2300676. [PMID: 37718979 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Proteins are arguably one of the most important class of biomarkers for health diagnostic purposes. Label-free solid-state nanopore sensing is a versatile technique for sensing and analyzing biomolecules such as proteins at single-molecule level. While molecular-level information on size, shape, and charge of proteins can be assessed by nanopores, the identification of proteins with comparable sizes remains a challenge. Here, solid-state nanopore sensing is combined with machine learning to address this challenge. The translocations of four similarly sized proteins is assessed using amplifiers with bandwidths (BWs) of 100 kHz and 10 MHz, the highest bandwidth reported for protein sensing, using nanopores fabricated in <10 nm thick silicon nitride membranes. F-values of up to 65.9% and 83.2% (without clustering of the protein signals) are achieved with 100 kHz and 10 MHz BW measurements, respectively, for identification of the four proteins. The accuracy of protein identification is further enhanced by classifying the signals into different clusters based on signal attributes, with F-value and specificity of up to 88.7% and 96.4%, respectively, for combinations of four proteins. The combined use of high bandwidth instruments, advanced clustering and machine learning methods allows label-free identification of proteins with high accuracy.
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- Shankar Dutt
- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Computing, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Computing, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Altoè A, Charaziak KK. Intracochlear overdrive: Characterizing nonlinear wave amplification in the mouse apex. J Acoust Soc Am 2023; 154:3414-3428. [PMID: 38015028 PMCID: PMC10686682 DOI: 10.1121/10.0022446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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In this study, we explore nonlinear cochlear amplification by analyzing basilar membrane (BM) motion in the mouse apex. Through in vivo, postmortem, and mechanical suppression recordings, we estimate how the cochlear amplifier nonlinearly shapes the wavenumber of the BM traveling wave, specifically within a frequency range where the short-wave approximation holds. Our findings demonstrate that a straightforward mathematical model, depicting the cochlear amplifier as a wavenumber modifier with strength diminishing monotonically as BM displacement increases, effectively accounts for the various experimental observations. This empirically derived model is subsequently incorporated into a physics-based "overturned" framework of cochlear amplification [see Altoè, Dewey, Charaziak, Oghalai, and Shera (2022), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 152, 2227-2239] and tested against additional experimental data. Our results demonstrate that the relationships established within the short-wave region remain valid over a much broader frequency range. Furthermore, the model, now exclusively calibrated to BM data, predicts the behavior of the opposing side of the cochlear partition, aligning well with recent experimental observations. The success in reproducing key features of the experimental data and the mathematical simplicity of the resulting model provide strong support for the "overturned" theory of cochlear amplification.
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- Alessandro Altoè
- Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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- Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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Yu X, Wang Y, Ye F, Ren J. Low-Noise Low-Power Ultrasound AFE With Continuous TGC Built in Both TIA and Beamformer. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:1062-1073. [PMID: 37549077 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3302648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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This article presents a low-noise high-power-efficiency analog front-end (AFE) for capacitive-micromachined-ultrasonic transducers (CMUT). Implemented in 28-nm CMOS technology, the proposed AFE features three-stage continuous time-gain compensation (TGC) embedded in both trans-impedance amplifiers (TIAs) and an analog beamformer to provide a large compensation range with no extra power-consumption cost. The use of noise cancellation and capacitive feedback optimizes the noise performance of TIAs. The first stage of the TGC is built in the TIA by adjusting the positive and negative resistance loads, which are composed of voltage-controlled transistor arrays. An all-pass passive network is used as the delay unit of the analog beamformer, meanwhile achieving the second TGC stage. Phase shift for all frequency components in the ultrasound pass-band is manifested as a delay to the echoes. The third stage of the TGC is merged with a summing unit, which is a closed-loop amplifier with variable resistance feedback. The design takes into account the ability to handle large signals and power consumption, with TIA and beamforming operating at voltages of 2.5 V and 0.9 V, respectively. Experimental results show that the proposed AFE achieves a 2.11 pA/√Hz input-referred noise (IRN) at the 5 MHz center frequency of the echoes while consuming only 1.02 mW/channel. A total exponential TGC range of 60 dB with continuous ranges of 12 dB, 24 dB, and 24 dB assigned to three stages has been verified for this work.
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Rezaeiyan Y, Koolivand Y, Zamani M, Shoaei O, Akbari M, Moradi F, Tang KT. A 4.5 μW Miniaturized 3-Channel Wireless Intra-Cardiac Acquisition System. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:1097-1110. [PMID: 37436854 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3294560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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This article presents a chip designed for wireless intra-cardiac monitoring systems. The design consists of a three-channel analog front-end, a pulse-width modulator featuring output-frequency offset and temperature calibration, and inductive data telemetry. By employing a resistance boosting technique in the instrumentation amplifier feedback, the pseudo-resistor exhibits lower non-linearity, leading to a total harmonic distortion of below 0.1%. Furthermore, the boosting technique enhances the feedback resistance, leading to a reduction in the size of the feedback capacitor and, consequently, the overall size. To make the modulator's output frequency resilient to temperature and process changes, coarse and fine-tuning algorithms are used. The front-end channel is capable of extracting the intra-cardiac signal with an effective number of bits of 8.9, while exhibiting an input-referred noise of less than 2.7 μVrms, and consuming 200 nW per channel. The front-end output is encoded by an ASK-PWM modulator, which drives an on-chip transmitter at 13.56 MHz. The proposed System-on-Chip (SoC) is fabricated in a 0.18 μm standard CMOS technology and consumes 4.5 μW while occupying 1.125 mm2.
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He T, Luo J, Kong Z, Liang X, Lin L, Zhao B, Qi L, Li Y, Wang G, Zhao J. A Re-Configurable Body Channel Transceiver Towards Wearable and Flexible Biomedical Sensor Networks. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:1022-1034. [PMID: 37368798 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3290085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Body channel communication (BCC) has become a promising candidate in wireless body area networks (WBAN) due to its advantages in energy efficiency and security. However, BCC transceivers face two challenges: diverse application requirements and varying channel conditions. To overcome these challenges, this article proposes a re-configurable architecture for BCC transceivers (TRXs), whose key parameters and communication protocols can be software-defined (SD) according to the requirements. In the proposed TRX, the programmable direct-sampling receiver (RX) is a combination of a programmable low-noise amplifier (LNA) and a fast-convergent successive approaching register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC), to achieve simple but energy-efficient data reception. The programmable digital transmitter (TX) is essentially implemented by a 2-bit DAC array to transmit either wide-band carrier-free signals like 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) or non-return-to-zero (NRZ) or narrow-band carrier-based signals like on-off keying (OOK) or frequency shift keying (FSK). The proposed BCC TRX is fabricated in a 180-nm CMOS process. Through an in-vivo experiment, it achieves up to 10-Mbps data rate and 119.2 pJ/bit energy efficiency. Moreover, the TRX is able to communicate under long-distance (1.5 m) and body-shielding conditions by switching its protocols, which shows the potential to be deployed in all categories of WBAN applications.
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Jin H, Hu W, Zhao Y, Jiang Y, Ye Y, Wang S, Qin Y. A 1.5 mm 2 4-Channel EEG/BIOZ Acquisition ASIC With 15.2-Bit 3-Step ADC Based on a Signal-Dependent Low-Power Strategy. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:1111-1124. [PMID: 37535485 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3301493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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This article presents a multichannel EEG/BIOZ acquisition application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with 4 EEG channels and a BIOZ channel, a switch resistor low-pass filter (SR-LPF). Each EEG channel includes a frontend, and a 4-channel multiplexed analog-to-digital converter (ADC), while the BIOZ channel features a pseudo sine current generator and a pair of readout paths with multiplexed SR-LPF and ADC. The ASIC is designed for size and power minimization, utilizing a 3-step ADC with a novel signal-dependent low power strategy. The proposed ADC operates at a sampling rate of 1600 S/s with a resolution of 15.2 bits, occupying only 0.093 mm2. With the help of the proposed signal-dependent low-power strategy, the ADC's power dissipation drops from 32.2 μW to 26.4 μW, resulting in an 18% efficiency improvement without performance degradation. Moreover, the EEG channels deliver excellent noise performance with a NEF of 7.56 and 27.8 nV/√Hz at the expense of 0.16 mm2 per channel. In BIOZ measurement, a 5-bit programmable current source is used to generate pseudo sine injection current ranging from 0 to 22 μApp, and the detection sensitivity reaches 2.4 mΩ/√Hz. Finally, the presented multichannel EEG/BIOZ acquisition ASIC has a compact active area of 1.5 mm2 in an 180nm CMOS technology.
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Lim J, Wang PT, Bashford L, Kellis S, Shaw SJ, Gong H, Armacost M, Heydari P, Do AH, Andersen RA, Liu CY, Nenadic Z. Suppression of cortical electrostimulation artifacts using pre-whitening and null projection. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:056018. [PMID: 37666246 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/acf68b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Objective.Invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have shown promise in restoring motor function to those paralyzed by neurological injuries. These systems also have the ability to restore sensation via cortical electrostimulation. Cortical stimulation produces strong artifacts that can obscure neural signals or saturate recording amplifiers. While front-end hardware techniques can alleviate this problem, residual artifacts generally persist and must be suppressed by back-end methods.Approach.We have developed a technique based on pre-whitening and null projection (PWNP) and tested its ability to suppress stimulation artifacts in electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocorticogram (ECoG) and microelectrode array (MEA) signals from five human subjects.Main results.In EEG signals contaminated by narrow-band stimulation artifacts, the PWNP method achieved average artifact suppression between 32 and 34 dB, as measured by an increase in signal-to-interference ratio. In ECoG and MEA signals contaminated by broadband stimulation artifacts, our method suppressed artifacts by 78%-80% and 85%, respectively, as measured by a reduction in interference index. When compared to independent component analysis, which is considered the state-of-the-art technique for artifact suppression, our method achieved superior results, while being significantly easier to implement.Significance.PWNP can potentially act as an efficient method of artifact suppression to enable simultaneous stimulation and recording in bi-directional BCIs to biomimetically restore motor function.
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- Jeffrey Lim
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
- USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA 90242, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA 90242, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA 90242, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UCI, Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, UCI, Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
- USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA 90242, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UCI, Irvine, CA 92697, United States of America
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Siemasz R, Tomczuk K, Malecha Z, Felisiak PA, Weiser A. Automatic Calibration of a Device for Blood Pressure Waveform Measurement. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:7985. [PMID: 37766043 PMCID: PMC10536530 DOI: 10.3390/s23187985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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This article presents a prototype of a new, non-invasive, cuffless, self-calibrating blood pressure measuring device equipped with a pneumatic pressure sensor. The developed sensor has a double function: it measures the waveform of blood pressure and calibrates the device. The device was used to conduct proof-of-concept measurements on 10 volunteers. The main novelty of the device is the pneumatic pressure sensor, which works on the principle of a pneumatic nozzle flapper amplifier with negative feedback. The developed device does not require a cuff and can be used on arteries where cuff placement would be impossible (e.g., on the carotid artery). The obtained results showed that the systolic and diastolic pressure measurement errors of the proposed device did not exceed ±6.6% and ±8.1%, respectively.
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- Rafał Siemasz
- Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wrocław Medical University, 50-425 Wrocław, Poland
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Dong Q, Xing J, Yuan R, Yuan Y. Novel Porphyrinic Covalent Organic Polymer with Polarity-Switchable Dual Wavelength for Accurate and Sensitive Photoelectrochemical Sensing. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13967-13974. [PMID: 37672686 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Herein, we synthesized a novel porphyrinic covalent organic polymer (TPAPP-PTCA PCOP) for constructing a polarity-switchable dual-wavelength photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor with ferrocene (Fc) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as regulator and amplifier simultaneously. Interestingly, this new PCOP possessed both n-type and p-type semiconductor characteristics, which thus enabled the appearance of a dual-polarity photocurrent at two different excitation wavelengths. Furthermore, Fc and H2O2 could readily switch the photocurrent of PCOP to the cathode and anode stemming from its efficient electron collection and donation function, respectively. Based on these, a PCOP-based PEC biosensor skillfully integrating dual wavelengths with reliable accuracy and polarity switch with high sensitivity was instituted. As a result, the developed PEC biosensor exhibited a low detection limit down to 0.089 pg mL-1 for the most powerful natural carcinogen aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) assay. Impressively, the target exhibited a completely opposite photocurrent difference to the interfering substances, and the linear correlation coefficient of the assay was improved compared to single-wavelength detection. The PEC sensing platform not only provided a basis for exploring multicharacteristic photoactive material but also innovatively developed the detection mode of the PEC biosensor.
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- Qingyuan Dong
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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Wang X, Sun Y, Liu Z, Chen W, Meng T, Wang H. Construction of a liquid crystal biosensor based on Fe 3O 4 nano-signal amplification and its application in HCG detection. Anal Methods 2023; 15:4563-4571. [PMID: 37646122 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01075a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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In this research, to improve the ability of nanomaterials to interfere with liquid crystal orientation, we constructed a novel liquid crystal biosensor using Fe3O4 nanospheres as signal amplifiers, which was used for the highly selective and sensitive detection of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). The Fe3O4 nanospheres in liquid crystal biosensors are still rare, in particular for the detection of the HCG antigen, a marker of pregnancy in women. This strategy takes advantage of the large spatial structure of Fe3O4 nanospheres to pre-immobilise β-hCG antibodies on the glass substrate, and, in the presence of HCG antigens, the antigen-antibody formed a specific immune response to disrupt the orientation of the liquid crystal. This allows an amplified optical signal to be generated for the ultimate successful detection of HCG antigen, and can greatly reduce the detectability of the target antigen concentration, ultimately greatly increasing the sensitivity of detection to a large degree. Thus, under optimal detection conditions, the minimum detection limit can be as low as 0.438 mIU mL-1. The prepared LC biosensor demonstrates excellent specificity and sensitivity compared to conventional nanomaterials used in liquid crystal biosensors, and will be of great benefit for future applications requiring trace detection of proteins, antibiotics, bacteria and so on, which is expected to provide a sensitive detection platform for HCG and other molecular monitors.
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- Xue Wang
- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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- Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China.
- Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
- The Key Laboratory of Degeneration and Unutilized Land Improvement of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
- Land Engineering Technology Innovation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710075, China
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Zhang H, Jia H, Hong J, Zhang M, Jiang T, Xu W. Development of a High-Field "Brick" Mass Spectrometer with Extended Mass Range and Capable of Characterizing Native Proteins. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13503-13508. [PMID: 37650728 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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One of the main challenges of analyzing intact proteins on an ion trap mass spectrometer is the mass range limitation, especially for miniature mass spectrometers. In this study, a high-field frequency scanning ion trap miniature mass spectrometer, namely the high-field "Brick" mass spectrometer, was developed to analyze intact proteins. A high-voltage broadband radio frequency (rf) amplifier was designed with a maximum output of 900 Vp-p over a frequency range of 130-700 kHz. Compared to the 600 Vp-p rf amplifier equipped in the conventional "Brick" mass spectrometer, the mass range of the instrument could be extended from 2000 to over 8000 Th. Sensitivity and mass resolution for native protein analyses were also evaluated and compared. Various proteins as well as their mixtures were analyzed on the high-field "Brick" mass spectrometer. The noncovalent interaction between protein-ligand complexes, lysozyme with triN-acetylchitotriose, was also analyzed. In addition, a hybrid ion scan mode was explored to further expand the mass range of the instrument at both low- and high-mass ends. In the hybrid ion scan mode, both rf frequency and amplitude were tuned, and a mass range from 100 to 12,000 Th was realized. As a result, both small drugs and proteins could be analyzed in a single mass scan. As proof-of-concept demonstrations, a mixture of atenolol and bovine serum albuminand oligomers of transferrin were analyzed.
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- Hongjia Zhang
- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Kunshan Nier Precision Instrumentation Inc., Kunshan, Suzhou 215316, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Zhang H, Yao M, Feng L, Wei Z, Wang Y, Han W, Zhang S. Escherichia coli-Based In Situ Triggerable Probe as an Amplifier for Sensitive Diagnosis and Penetrated Therapy of Cancer. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13073-13081. [PMID: 37610670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) was used for cancer therapy due to the tumor-targeting, catalytic, and surface-reducing properties. Effective diagnosis combined with treatment of cancer based on E. coli, however, was rarely demonstrated. In this study, E. coli was used to surface reduce HAuCl4 and as a carrier to modify riboflavin (Rf) and luminol (E-Au@Rf@Lum). After targeted delivery to tumor, the E-Au@Rf@Lum probe could actively emit 425 nm blue-violet chemiluminescence (CL) to achieve cell imaging for cancer diagnosis. Furthermore, this light could in situ trigger the photosensitizer (Rf) through CL resonance energy transfer, which produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) for accurate photodynamic therapy. In return, the excessive ROS enhanced the blue-violet light which was further absorbed by Rf, and ROS production was cyclically amplified. Abundant ROS broke down the dense extracellular matrix network and penetrated deep into tumors. Besides, E. coli with excellent catalytic property could decompose H2O2 to O2 to relieve tumor hypoxia for a long time and enhance the photosensitized process of Rf. By self-illumination, effective penetration, and tumor hypoxia relief, this work opens a self-amplified therapy modality to tumor.
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- Huairong Zhang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tumor Marker Detection Technology, Equipment and Diagnosis-Therapy Integration in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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Xing G, Shang Y, Ai J, Lin H, Wu Z, Zhang Q, Lin JM, Pu Q, Lin L. Nanozyme-Mediated Catalytic Signal Amplification for Microfluidic Biosensing of Foodborne Bacteria. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13391-13399. [PMID: 37610722 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Early detection of foodborne bacteria is urgently needed to ensure food quality and to avoid the outbreak of foodborne bacterial diseases. Here, a kind of metal-organic framework (Zr-MOF) modified with Pt nanoparticles (Pt-PCN-224) was designed as a peroxidase-like signal amplifier for microfluidic biosensing of foodborne bacteria. Taking Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 as a model, a linear range from 2.93 × 102 to 2.93 × 108 CFU/mL and a limit of detection of 2 CFU/mL were obtained. The whole detection procedure was integrated into a single microfluidic chip. Water, milk, and cabbage samples were successfully detected, showing consistency with the results of the standard culture method. Recoveries were in the range from 90 to 110% in spiked testing. The proposed microfluidic biosensor realized the specific and sensitive detection of E. coli O157:H7 within 1 h, implying broad prospects of MOF with biomimetic enzyme activities for biosensing.
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- Gaowa Xing
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microanalysis Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microanalysis Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microanalysis Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microanalysis Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microanalysis Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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Gundacker S, Borghi G, Cherry SR, Gola A, Lee D, Merzi S, Penna M, Schulz V, Kwon SI. On timing-optimized SiPMs for Cherenkov detection to boost low cost time-of-flight PET. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68:165016. [PMID: 37467766 PMCID: PMC10410404 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ace8ee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Objective.Recent SiPM developments and improved front-end electronics have opened new doors in TOF-PET with a focus on prompt photon detection. For instance, the relatively high Cherenkov yield of bismuth-germanate (BGO) upon 511 keV gamma interaction has triggered a lot of interest, especially for its use in total body positron emission tomography (PET) scanners due to the crystal's relatively low material and production costs. However, the electronic readout and timing optimization of the SiPMs still poses many questions. Lab experiments have shown the prospect of Cherenkov detection, with coincidence time resolutions (CTRs) of 200 ps FWHM achieved with small pixels, but lack system integration due to an unacceptable high power uptake of the used amplifiers.Approach.Following recent studies the most practical circuits with lower power uptake (<30 mW) have been implemented and the CTR performance with BGO of newly developed SiPMs from Fondazione Bruno Kessler tested. These novel SiPMs are optimized for highest single photon time resolution (SPTR).Main results.We achieved a best CTR FWHM of 123 ps for 2 × 2 × 3 mm3and 243 ps for 3 × 3 × 20 mm3BGO crystals. We further show that with these devices a CTR of 106 ps is possible using commercially available 3 × 3 × 20 mm3LYSO:Ce,Mg crystals. To give an insight in the timing properties of these SiPMs, we measured the SPTR with black coated PbF2of 2 × 2 × 3 mm3size. We confirmed an SPTR of 68 ps FWHM published in literature for standard devices and show that the optimized SiPMs can improve this value to 42 ps. Pushing the SiPM bias and using 1 × 1 mm2area devices we measured an SPTR of 28 ps FWHM.Significance.We have shown that advancements in readout electronics and SiPMs can lead to improved CTR with Cherenkov emitting crystals. Enabling time-of-flight with BGO will trigger a high interest for its use in low-cost and total-body PET scanners. Furthermore, owing to the prompt nature of Cherenkov emission, future CTR improvements are conceivable, for which a low-power electronic implementation is indispensable. In an extended discussion we will give a roadmap to best timing with prompt photons.
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- Stefan Gundacker
- Department of Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrae 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, Trento I-38123, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, Trento I-38123, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, Trento I-38123, Italy
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, Trento I-38123, Italy
- Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrae 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America
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Oh S, Song H, Slager N, Ruiz JRL, Park SY, Yoon E. Power-Efficient LFP-Adaptive Dynamic Zoom-and-Track Incremental ΔΣ Front-End for Dual-Band Subcortical Recordings. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:741-753. [PMID: 37490369 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3298662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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We report a power-efficient analog front-end integrated circuit (IC) for multi-channel, dual-band subcortical recordings. In order to achieve high-resolution multi-channel recordings with low power consumption, we implemented an incremental ΔΣ ADC (IADC) with a dynamic zoom-and-track scheme. This scheme continuously tracks local field potential (LFP) and adaptively adjusts the input dynamic range (DR) into a zoomed sub-LFP range to resolve tiny action potentials. Thanks to the reduced DR, the oversampling rate of the IADC can be reduced by 64.3% compared to the conventional approach, leading to significant power reduction. In addition, dual-band recording can be easily attained because the scheme continuously tracks LFPs without additional on-chip hardware. A prototype four-channel front-end IC has been fabricated in 180 nm standard CMOS processes. The IADC achieved 11.3-bit ENOB at 6.8 μW, resulting in the best Walden and SNDR FoMs, 107.9 fJ/c-s and 162.1 dB, respectively, among two different comparison groups: the IADCs reported up to date in the state-of-the-art neural recording front-ends; and the recent brain recording ADCs using similar zooming or tracking techniques to this work. The intrinsic dual-band recording feature reduces the post-processing FPGA resources for subcortical signal band separation by >45.8%. The front-end IC with the zoom-and-track IADC showed an NEF of 5.9 with input-referred noise of 8.2 μVrms, sufficient for subcortical recording. The performance of the whole front-end IC was successfully validated through in vivo animal experiments.
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Rout S, Monna B, Pareschi F, Setti G, Serdijn WA. Spread-Spectrum Modulated Multi-Channel Biosignal Acquisition Using a Shared Analog CMOS Front-End. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:872-884. [PMID: 37725736 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3317188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The key challenges in designing a multi-channel biosignal acquisition system for an ambulatory or invasive medical application with a high channel count are reducing the power consumption, area consumption and the outgoing wire count. This article proposes a spread-spectrum modulated biosignal acquisition system using a shared amplifier and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). We propose a design method to optimize a recording system for a given application based on the required SNR performance, number of inputs, and area. The proposed method is tested and validated on real pre-recorded atrial electrograms and achieves an average percentage root-mean-square difference (PRD) performance of 2.65% and 3.02% for sinus rhythm (SR) and atrial fibrillation (AF), respectively by using pseudo-random binary-sequence (PRBS) codes with a code-length of 511, for 16 inputs. We implement a 4-input spread-spectrum analog front-end in a 0.18 μm CMOS process to demonstrate the proposed approach. The analog front-end consists of a shared amplifier, a 2nd order Σ∆ ADC sampled at 7.8 MHz, used for digitization, and an on-chip 7-bit PRBS generator. It achieves a number-of-inputs to outgoing-wire ratio of 4:1 while consuming 23 μA/input including biasing from a 1.8 V power supply and 0.067 mm2 in area.
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Dreyer F, Yang Q, Alnajjar B, Kruger D, Blumich B, Anders J. A Portable Chip-Based NMR Relaxometry System With Arbitrary Phase Control for Point-of-Care Blood Analysis. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2023; 17:831-842. [PMID: 37335792 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3287281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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In this article, we present a portable NMR relaxometry system optimized for the point-of-care analysis of body liquids such as blood. The presented system is centered on an NMR-on-a-chip transceiver ASIC, a reference frequency generator with arbitrary phase control, and a custom-designed miniaturized NMR magnet with a field strength of 0.29 T and a total weight of 330 g. The NMR-ASIC co-integrates a low-IF receiver, a power amplifier, and a PLL-based frequency synthesizer on a total chip area of 1100 × 900 μm 2. The arbitrary reference frequency generator enables the use of conventional CPMG and inversion sequences, as well as modified water-suppression sequences. Moreover, it is used to implement an automatic frequency lock to correct temperature-induced magnetic field drifts. Proof-of-concept measurements on NMR phantoms and human blood samples show an excellent concentration sensitivity of v[Formula: see text] = 2.2 mM/[Formula: see text]. This very good performance renders the presented system an ideal candidate for the future NMR-based point-of-care detection of biomarkers such as the blood glucose concentration.
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Boursier E, Devaine H, Braud A, Montant S. Experimental method of transfer function linewidth determination for laser amplifiers using FM-to-AM conversion. Opt Lett 2023; 48:3665-3668. [PMID: 37450720 DOI: 10.1364/ol.492125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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We propose an experimental method for the determination of the transfer function linewidth of a laser amplifier. This technique is based on a transfer function scan using frequency modulation to amplitude modulation (FM-to-AM) temporal modulation measurement as a function of wavelength. Using this method, we show that the output spectrum of a laser amplifier in Q-switch mode is not representative of the transfer function of the amplifier.
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Van Den Broucke A, Van Kerrebrouck J, Van Ransbeeck W, Pynckels R, Frater A, Torfs G, Verhulst S. Wireless and Wearable Auditory EEG Acquisition Hardware Using Around-The-Ear cEEGrid Electrodes. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38083060 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Aside from a clinical interest in electroencephalography (EEG) measurements of real-time data with a high temporal resolution, there is a demand for acquisition systems that are operable outside the laboratory environment. In this study, we designed a wearable and low-power EEG system for multichannel EEG acquisition beyond the lab doors. Around-the-ear cEEGrid electrodes are used to capture 8 biopotential channels which are amplified by low-power precision instrumentation amplifiers and passed on to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). An ESP32 micro-controller captures the data from the ADC and stores it on an external SD card. The proposed system is compared to a state-of-the-art EEG acquisition system (BioSemi) to assess its diagnostic power for auditory brainstem responses (ABRs). The recordings with our portable system match, and even outperform, the baseline method's specifications. Our hardware opens up new avenues for fast sampling-rate auditory EEG recordings that can be used in hearing diagnostics, damage prevention and treatment follow up.
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Mazandarani MS, Gagnon-Turcotte G, Papi R, Gosselin B. A Low-Power High Input Range PPG Readout Amplifier with a Current Buffer Input . Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38083121 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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This paper presents ultra-low power photoplethysmography (PPG) readout circuits. The proposed system architecture uses a current buffer between the photodiode (PD) and the transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to isolate the large parasitic capacitance of the PD leading to improves the power consumption of the TIA. A class AB topology is exploited at the output of the amplifier, which allows for increased drive capability without the use of auxiliary circuits. The maximum input current range of the TIA is 160 µA, so the large DC current of the input signal does not saturate the circuit. In the LED driver circuit, by varying the duty cycle of a pulse wave modulation (PWM) signal, the ON and OFF times of the circuits. The amplifier and LED driver are manufactured in the 130 nm TSMC CMOS process. The power consumption of the circuits with a duty cycle of 1% is 3.28 µW (at VDD = 1.2V).Clinical Relevance- Vital signs are becoming a very important research topic due to the recent prevalence of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases. This research aims to develop and interface circuits to monitor vital signs including blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate to study respiratory disease, drug safety, and efficacy.
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Lin C, Han C, Mao J, Yu S, Zhang Z. Multi-channel Wireless Implantable Brain-Computer Interface System. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38083679 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The implantable brain-computer interface has been widely used in recent years due to its great application potential and research value. Few neural implants have been designed to gather neural spikes, which require a higher sampling frequency than ECoG and LFPs. These systems are still constrained by low channel counts and their bulky size. Furthermore, wire connection is still used in many neural interfaces for further data analysis, facing challenges such as tissue infection, limited movement, and increased noise interference. To address the aforementioned problems, this paper presents a compact multi-channel wireless implantable brain-computer interface system that meets the requirements of spike signals collection and miniaturization. A WiFi module is utilized to transmit information between the system and terminal equipment to eliminate the tethering effects. A 128-channel signal acquisition module, consisting of two pieces of commercial digital electrophysiology amplifier chips, is designed to realize high channel counts for capturing spike events. The proposed system has successfully recorded the analog spike signals from a digital neural signal simulator.
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Tamaru S. Modification of transformer coupled permeameter for frequency extension. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:073901. [PMID: 37449895 DOI: 10.1063/5.0143265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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A broadband and high-sensitivity permeability measurement system that covers 10 MHz-20 GHz was previously developed and named the transformer coupled permeameter (TC-Perm). This paper describes the modifications of the TC-Perm system to further extend the operation frequency range on both the high and low frequency sides. In the previous system, the high frequency limit was set by a large notch appearing at around 22 GHz, which was considered to be caused by the excitation of two unwanted modes. In the new system, the jig design was modified to have a back ground plane and vias to suppress these unwanted modes, which resulted in a clean transmission characteristic over the entire frequency range up to 44 GHz. The low frequency limit is determined by the noise figure (NF) of the vector network analyzer input, which was measured to be ∼35 dB in the previous system configuration. The new system employed a low noise amplifier and analog switches to improve the NF to be 2.7 dB below 100 MHz. As a result of these modifications, the operation frequency range of the new TC-Perm system was extended to cover 1 MHz-44 GHz, which is sufficient for characterizing magnetic materials used in noise suppression sheets targeting fifth-generation millimeter-wave (5G mmWave) wireless communication.
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- S Tamaru
- Reserach Center for Emerging Computing Technologies (RCECT), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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Rios A, Gutierrez G, Cabrera C, Aguilera P, Caputi A, Oreggioni J. Design, implementation, and preliminary in-vivo assessment of a high-CMRR low-NEF wireless EEG miniaturized platform. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38083268 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10341065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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This work presents the design, manufacture, test, and preliminary in-vivo assessment of the proof-of-concept of a miniaturized wireless platform for acquiring electroencephalography signals, where the input stage is a high-CMRR current-efficiency custom-made integrated neural preamplifier.Clinical relevance- Small, low-power consumption, wireless, wearable devices for chronically monitoring EEG recordings may contribute to the diagnosis of transient neurological events, the characterization and potential forecasting of epileptic seizures, and provide signals for controlling prosthetic and aid devices.
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Hölle D, Bleichner MG. Recording Brain Activity with Ear-Electroencephalography. J Vis Exp 2023. [PMID: 37067277 DOI: 10.3791/64897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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The c-grid (ear-electroencephalography, sold under the name cEEGrid) is an unobtrusive and comfortable electrode array that can be used for investigating brain activity after affixing around the ear. The c-grid is suitable for use outside of the laboratory for long durations, even for the whole day. Various cognitive processes can be studied using these grids, as shown by previous research, including research beyond the lab. To record high-quality ear-EEG data, careful preparation is necessary. In this protocol, we explain the steps needed for its successful implementation. First, how to test the functionality of the grid prior to a recording is shown. Second, a description is provided on how to prepare the participant and how to fit the c-grid, which is the most important step for recording high-quality data. Third, an outline is provided on how to connect the grids to an amplifier and how to check the signal quality. In this protocol, we list best practice recommendations and tips that make c-grid recordings successful. If researchers follow this protocol, they are comprehensively equipped for experimenting with the c-grid both in and beyond the lab.
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- Daniel Hölle
- Neurophysiology of Everyday Life Group, Department of Psychology, University of Oldenburg
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- Neurophysiology of Everyday Life Group, Department of Psychology, University of Oldenburg; Research Center for Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg;
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Kouhalvandi L, Matekovits L, Peter I. Amplifiers in Biomedical Engineering: A Review from Application Perspectives. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:2277. [PMID: 36850873 PMCID: PMC9961860 DOI: 10.3390/s23042277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Continuous monitoring and treatment of various diseases with biomedical technologies and wearable electronics has become significantly important. The healthcare area is an important, evolving field that, among other things, requires electronic and micro-electromechanical technologies. Designed circuits and smart devices can lead to reduced hospitalization time and hospitals equipped with high-quality equipment. Some of these devices can also be implanted inside the body. Recently, various implanted electronic devices for monitoring and diagnosing diseases have been presented. These instruments require communication links through wireless technologies. In the transmitters of these devices, power amplifiers are the most important components and their performance plays important roles. This paper is devoted to collecting and providing a comprehensive review on the various designed implanted amplifiers for advanced biomedical applications. The reported amplifiers vary with respect to the class/type of amplifier, implemented CMOS technology, frequency band, output power, and the overall efficiency of the designs. The purpose of the authors is to provide a general view of the available solutions, and any researcher can obtain suitable circuit designs that can be selected for their problem by reading this survey.
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- Lida Kouhalvandi
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dogus University, Istanbul 34775, Turkey
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- Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
- Department of Measurements and Optical Electronics, Politehnica University Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania
- Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell’Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni, National Research Council, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology “George Emil Palade”, 540139 Targu Mures, Romania
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Tu YP, Chang CC. A Novel Low Complexity Two-Stage Tone Reservation Scheme for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:950. [PMID: 36679746 PMCID: PMC9860905 DOI: 10.3390/s23020950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has the characteristics of high spectrum efficiency and excellent anti-multipath interference ability. It is the most popular and mature technology currently in wireless communication. However, OFDM is a multi-carrier system, which inevitably has the problem of a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), and s signal with too high PAPR is prone to distortion when passing through an amplifier due to nonlinearity. To address the troubles caused by high PAPR, we proposed an improved tone reservation (I-TR) algorithm to alleviate the above native phenomenon, which will pay some modest pre-calculations to estimate the rough proportion of peak reduction tone (PRT) to determine the appropriate output power allocation threshold then utilize a few iterations to converge to the near-optimal PAPR. Furthermore, our proposed scheme significantly outperforms previous works in terms of PAPR performance and computational complexity, such as selective mapping (SLM), partial transmission sequence (PTS), TR, tone injection (TI), etc. The simulation results show that in our proposed scheme, the PAPR is appreciably reduced by about 6.44 dB compared with the original OFDM technique at complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) equal to 10-3, and the complexity of I-TR has reduced by approximately 96% compared to TR. Besides, as for bit error rate (BER), our proposed method always outperforms the original OFDM without any sacrifice.
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Galante-Sempere D, Khemchandani SL, del Pino J. A 2-V 1.4-dB NF GaAs MMIC LNA for K-Band Applications. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:867. [PMID: 36679663 PMCID: PMC9863545 DOI: 10.3390/s23020867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A 1.4-dB Noise Figure (NF) four-stage K-band Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) in UMS 100 nm GaAs pHEMT technology is presented. The proposed circuit is designed to cover the 5G New Release n258 frequency band (24.25-27.58 GHz). Momentum EM post-layout simulations reveal the circuit achieves a minimum NF of 1.3 dB, a maximum gain of 34 dB, |S11| better than -10 dB from 23 GHz to 29 GHz, a P1dB of -18 dBm and an OIP3 of 24.5 dBm. The LNA draws a total current of 59.1 mA from a 2 V DC supply and results in a chip size of 3300 × 1800 µm2 including pads. We present a design methodology focused on the selection of the active device size and DC bias conditions to obtain the lowest NF when source degeneration is applied. The design procedure ensures a minimum NF design by selecting a device which facilitates a simple input matching network implementation and obtains a reasonable input return loss thanks to the application of source degeneration. With this approach the input matching network is implemented with a shunt stub and a transmission line, therefore minimizing the contribution to the NF achieved by the first stage. Comparisons with similar works demonstrate the developed circuit is very competitive with most of the state-of-the-art solutions.
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Kulej T, Kumngern M, Khateb F, Arbet D. 0.5 V Versatile Voltage- and Transconductance-Mode Analog Filter Using Differential Difference Transconductance Amplifier. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:688. [PMID: 36679485 PMCID: PMC9860949 DOI: 10.3390/s23020688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this work, a new versatile voltage- and transconductance-mode analog filter is proposed. The filter, without requiring resistors, employs three differential-difference transconductance amplifiers (DDTAs) and two grounded capacitors, which is suitable for integrated circuit implementation. Unlike previous works, the proposed filter topology provides: (1) high-input and low-output impedances for a voltage-mode (VM) analog filter, that is desirable in a cascade method of realizing higher order filters, and (2) high-input and high-output impedances for a transconductance-mode (TM) analog filter without any circuit modification. Moreover, a quadrature oscillator is obtained by simply adding a feedback connection. Both VM and TM filters provide five standard filtering responses such as low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-stop and all-pass responses into single topology. The natural frequency and the condition of oscillation can be electronically controlled. The circuit operates with 0.5 V supply voltage. It was designed and simulated in the Cadence program using 0.18 µm CMOS technology from TSMC.
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- Tomasz Kulej
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland
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- Department of Telecommunications Engineering, School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand
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- Department of Microelectronics, Brno University of Technology, Technická 10, 601 90 Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Nám. Sítná 3105, 272 01 Kladno, Czech Republic
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Defence, Kounicova 65, 662 10 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, 81219 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Rondelez Y, Gines G. Programmable Ultrasensitive Molecular Amplifier for Digital and Multiplex MicroRNA Quantification. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2630:89-102. [PMID: 36689178 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2982-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Digital bioassays, popularized by digital PCR, provide some of the most robust and accurate methods for nucleic acid quantification. In this chapter, we detail a protocol for digital, isothermal, and multiplex detection of microRNAs, which relies on a recently developed amplification method. Our approach uses programmable ultrasensitive molecular amplifiers (PUMAs) to reveal the presence of target microRNAs randomly isolated in picoliter-size microfluidic droplets. Nonspecific amplification in droplets that do not contain a target is eliminated by an active threshold mechanism. Multiple circuits can be assembled for the multiplex digital detection of up to three targets. We finally present the option of using fluorescent dropcodes to streamline the assay and analyze more than a dozen samples in parallel.
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- Yannick Rondelez
- Gulliver Laboratory, ESPCI Paris - Université PSL, Paris, France
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- Gulliver Laboratory, ESPCI Paris - Université PSL, Paris, France.
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Zhang Z, Zou X, Li Q, Wei N. Towards 100 Gbps over 100 km: System Design and Demonstration of E-Band Millimeter Wave Communication. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:9514. [PMID: 36502216 PMCID: PMC9737033 DOI: 10.3390/s22239514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Long-range E-band communication with fiber-equivalent speed is emerging extensively as a critical technology in the next-generation communication. This paper firstly reviews the relevant progress in recent research. A brief survey is presented on high-speed, long-range E-band communication systems and their relevant techniques that are essential to the link design, including antenna, power amplifier (PA), channel, and digital baseband processing. In the second part, we review our recent field trial of a long-range air-to-ground E-band link, which maintains steady transmission from a slow-moving helium balloon to the ground station with a vertical dimension of 20 km. The improvement directions and future research topics are then discussed.
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Qin C, Huang Z, Liu Y, Li J, Lin L, Tan N, Yu X. An Energy-Efficient BJT-Based Temperature Sensor with ±0.8 °C (3 σ) Inaccuracy from -50 to 150 °C. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:s22239381. [PMID: 36502079 PMCID: PMC9738128 DOI: 10.3390/s22239381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This article presents an energy-efficient BJT-based temperature sensor. The output of sensing front-ends is modulated by employing an incremental Δ-Σ ADC as a readout interface. The cascoded floating-inverter-based dynamic amplifier (FIA) is used as the integrator instead of the conventional operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) to achieve a low power consumption. To enhance the accuracy, chopping and dynamic element matching (DEM) are applied to eliminate the component mismatch error while β-compensation resistor and optimized bias current are used to minimize the effect of β variation. Fabricated in a standard 180-nm CMOS process, this sensor has an active area of 0.13 mm2. While dissipating only 45.7 μW in total, the sensor achieves an inaccuracy of ±0.8 °C (3σ) from -50 °C to 150 °C after one-point calibration.
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- Chuyun Qin
- Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited, Beijing 100192, China
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- Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited, Beijing 100192, China
- Vango Technologies Inc., Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited, Beijing 100192, China
- Vango Technologies Inc., Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Novik S, Drageseth MF, Grondalen MB, Nilsen O, Krauss SJK, Martinsen OG, Hafliger PD. A CMOS Multi-Electrode Array for Four-Electrode Bioimpedance Measurements. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1276-1286. [PMID: 36227817 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3214243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This work demonstrates how a multi-electrode array (MEA) dedicated to four-electrode bioimpedance measurements can be implemented on a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip. As a proof of concept, an 8 × 8 pixel array along with dedicated amplifiers was designed and fabricated in the TSMC 180 nm process. Each pixel in the array contains a circular current carrying (CC) electrode that can act as a current source or sink. In order to measure a differential voltage between the pixels, each CC electrode is surrounded by a ring shaped pick up (PU) electrode. The differential voltages can be measured by an on-board instrumentation amplifier, while the currents can be measured with an on-bard transimpedance amplifier. Openings in the passivation layer exposed the aluminum top metal layer, and a metal stack of zinc, nickel and gold was deposited in an electroless plating process. The chips were then wire bonded to a ceramic package and prepared for wet experiments by encapsulating the bonding wires and pads in the photoresist SU-8. Measurements in liquids with different conductivities were performed to demonstrate the functionality of the chip.
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Cha JH, Park JH, Park Y, Shin H, Hwang KS, Cho IJ, Kim SJ. A CMOS Microelectrode Array System With Reconfigurable Sub-Array Multiplexing Architecture Integrating 24,320 Electrodes and 380 Readout Channels. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1044-1056. [PMID: 36191109 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3211275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This article presents a CMOS microelectrode array (MEA) system with a reconfigurable sub-array multiplexing architecture using the time-division multiplexing (TDM) technique. The system consists of 24,320 TiN electrodes with 17.7 μm-pitch pixels and 380 column-parallel readout channels including a low-noise amplifier, a programmable gain amplifier, and a 10-b successive approximation register analog to digital converter. Readout channels are placed outside the pixel for high spatial resolution, and a flexible structure to acquire neural signals from electrodes selected by configuring in-pixel memory is realized. In this structure, a single channel can handle 8 to 32 electrodes, guaranteeing a temporal resolution from 5 kS/s to 20 kS/s for each electrode. A 128 × 190 MEA system was fabricated in a 110-nm CMOS process, and each readout channel consumes 81 μW at 1.5-V supply voltage featuring input-referred noise of 1.48 μVrms without multiplexing and 5.4 μVrms with multiplexing at the action-potential band (300 Hz-10 kHz).
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Vassos C, Robb F, Vasanawala S, Pauly J, Scott G. A Semi-Blind Calibration and Compensation Method for Dynamic Range Recovery of Low-Power Pre-Amplifiers in MRI Receive Chains. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2022; 41:3762-3773. [PMID: 35914030 PMCID: PMC9836831 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2022.3195656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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To enable wireless MRI receive arrays, per-channel power consumption must be reduced by a significant factor. To address this, a low-power SiGe alternative to industry standard MRI pre-amplifier blocks has been proposed and its impact on imaging performance evaluated in a benchtop environment. The SiGe amplifier reduces power consumption 28x, but exhibits increased non-linearity and reduced dynamic range relative to industry standard amplifiers. This distorts the images, causing reduced contrast and a blurring of fine features. In conjunction with the amplifier, a semi-blind calibration and compensation framework has been proposed to remove artifacts caused by this non-linearity. Requiring the knowledge of the calibration signal bandwidth, the associated peak transmit powers, and the distorted baseband signals, a second non-linearity is constructed that when cascaded with the receive chain produces a linear response. This method was evaluated for both knee and phantom image datasets of peak input power -20dBm with a -40dBm peak input power image as reference. In the benchtop environment, industry standard amplifiers produced input normalized RMSEs of 0.0199 and 0.0310 for phantom and knee datasets, respectively. The low-power SiGe amplifier resulted in RMSEs of 0.0869 and 0.1130 which were reduced to 0.0158 and 0.0168 following compensation, for phantom and knee images respectively. The ability to effectively compensate for this reduced dynamic range encourages further investigation of low-power SiGe amplifiers for power limited MRI receive arrays.
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Wang Y, Shu Z, Zhang Q, Zhao X, Chen S, Tang F, Zheng Y. A Low-Voltage and Power-Efficient Capless LDO Based on the Biaxially Driven Power Transistor Technique for Respiration Monitoring System. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1153-1165. [PMID: 36441889 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3223037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this study, a 0.8-V- Vin 200-mA- Io capless low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) is developed for a wireless respiration monitoring system. The biaxially driven power transistor (BDP) technique is proposed in the LDO, with a current driven stimulation on the bulk and a voltage on the gate terminal. With the BDP technique, an adaptively biased current-driven loop (ABCL) is designed which can reduce the high threshold voltage of power transistor, thus presenting lower input voltage and reduced power consumption. Moreover, this loop can provide an improved dynamic response due to its increased discharging current. Based on an error amplifier with enhanced DC gain and gain bandwidth, the capless LDO achieves superior power supply rejection (PSR) and stability without a complex frequency compensation mechanism. The proposed LDO is fabricated in the SMIC 180 nm process with a chip area of 0.046 mm 2. Measurement results indicate that this LDO can obtain a 200-mA load current range and greater than -66 dB PSR up to 1 kHz at a supply voltage as low as 0.8 V.
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Lu TH, Liu CW, Wu CY, Huang CS, Chen JS, Chen LC, Huang YW, Ou IC, Lee SK, Chen YC, Chen PH, Liu CT, Liao YC, Liao YT. A Wireless Soil pH and Conductance Monitoring Chip Powered by Soil Microbial and Photovoltaic Energy Cells. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1008-1020. [PMID: 36374872 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3222089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This paper presents an energy-autonomous wireless soil pH and electrical conductance measurement IC powered by soil microbial and photovoltaic energy. The chip integrates highly efficient dual-input, dual-output power management units, sensor readout circuits, a wireless receiver, and a transmitter. The design scavenges ambient energy with a maximal power point tracking mechanism while achieving a peak efficiency of 81.3% and the efficiency is more than 50% over the 0.05-14 mW load range. The sensor readout IC achieves a sensitivity of -8.8 kHz/pH and 6 kHz·m/S, a noise floor of 0.92 x 10-3 pH value, and 1.4 mS/m conductance. To avoid interference, a 433 MHz transceiver incorporates chirp modulation and on-off keying (OOK) modulation for data uplink and downlink communication. The receiver sensitivity is -80 dBm, and the output transmission power is -4 dBm. The uplink data rate is 100 kb/s using burst chirp modulation and gated Class E PA, while the downlink data rate is 10 kb/s with a self-frequency tracking mixer-first receiver.
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Rezaee-Dehsorkh H, Ravanshad N, Shamsaki A, Fakour MR, Aliparast P. A Low-Power Single-Path Bio-Impedance Measurement System Using an Analog-to-Digital Converter for I/Q Demodulation. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1129-1137. [PMID: 36223349 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3213869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this paper, a low power single-path bio-impedance (Bio-Z) measurement system for early detection of acute myocardial ischemia is presented. The fully integrated system consists of a current source, an amplifier, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The system utilizes the in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) components to obtain the real and imaginary parts of the tissue impedance. To achieve this goal, the ADC has been used to separate the I/Q components in addition to digitizing the samples. This can lead to power and silicon area reduction. The proposed circuit exploits the benefits of capacitively-coupled instrumentation amplifier, including inherent DC cancellation, low power, low noise, and high linearity and is implemented in 0.18 µm CMOS technology with a 1 V power supply. This system is designed and tested using a pseudo-sine 2 µAP-P current with a frequency of 1 kHz. The system can measure an input impedance that varies over a range from 0.03-7.5 kΩ with a resolution of 0.766 Ωrms while consuming 2 µW power from the supply. The operation of the system is also shown in the recording of impedance variation with respiration and heartbeat.
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He L, Li X, Xu S, Pan G, Xie C, Chen H, Song Z. A Fast-Transient-Response NMOS LDO with Wide Load-Capacitance Range for Cross-Point Memory. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:9367. [PMID: 36502074 PMCID: PMC9735870 DOI: 10.3390/s22239367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this paper, a fast-transient-response NMOS low-dropout regulator (LDO) with a wide load-capacitance range was presented to provide a V/2 read bias for cross-point memory. To utilize the large dropout voltage in the V/2 bias scheme, a fast loop consisting of NMOS and flipped voltage amplifier (FVA) topology was adopted with a fast transient response. This design is suitable to provide a V/2 read bias with 3.3 V input voltage and 1.65 V output voltage for different cross-point memories. The FVA-based LDO designed in the 110 nm CMOS process remained stable under a wide range of load capacitances from 0 to 10 nF and equivalent series resistance (ESR) conditions. At the capacitor-less condition, it exhibited a unity-gain bandwidth (UGB) of approximately 400 MHz at full load. For load current changes from 0 to 10 mA within an edge time of 10 ps, the simulated undershoot and settling time were only 144 mV and 50 ns, respectively. The regulator consumed 70 µA quiescent current and achieved a remarkable figure-of-merit (FOM) of 1.01 mV. At the ESR condition of a 1 µF off-chip capacitor, the simulated quiescent current, on-chip capacitor consumption, and current efficiency at full load were 8.5 µA, 2 pF, and 99.992%, respectively. The undershoot voltage was 20 mV with 800 ns settling time for a load step from 0 to 100 mA within the 10 ps edge time.
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- Luchang He
- School of Microelectronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- School of Microelectronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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