Implementation of the ADELITE Microcontroller for Biomedical Applications

Recently, we are witnessing a rapid development in many fields of science, including medicine and healthcare. One of the visible results of such progress is an increasing average length of human life and the process of population aging. Advancements in sensor technology and wireless communication contributed to the development of the out-of-hospital health-monitoring concept [1]. One of its main advantages is the opportunity to provide remote healthcare, which enables extended independent living at home and improvement of quality of live. This paper presents the ADELITE micro controller for biomedical applications. While developed biomedical analog front-end of ADELITE micro controller is currently under measurements, results presented in the paper refer to the first implementation of the digital part of the developed micro controller. The long term target of the design is a full system-on-chip implementation. The presented prototype of ADELITE micro controller was fabricated with UMC CMOS 130 nm technology. The design occupies the area of 1.5 mm² and consumes only 100 μA/MHz. The ADELITE processing power is 0.95 DMIPS/MHz and 1.89 Core Mark/MHz with 16 MHz of clock frequency.