A miniature on-chip multi-functional ECG signal processor with 30 µW ultra-low power consumption

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010:2010:2577-80. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626658.

Abstract

In this paper, a miniature low-power Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal processing application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip is proposed. This chip provides multiple critical functions for ECG analysis using a systematic wavelet transform algorithm and a novel SRAM-based ASIC architecture, while achieves low cost and high performance. Using 0.18 µm CMOS technology and 1 V power supply, this ASIC chip consumes only 29 µW and occupies an area of 3 mm(2). This on-chip ECG processor is highly suitable for reliable real-time cardiac status monitoring applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Engineering / methods
  • Computers
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics, Medical
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Silicon / chemistry
  • Telemetry / instrumentation*
  • Telemetry / methods

Substances

  • Silicon