Title :
A moving binary search SAR-ADC for low power biomedical data acquisition system
Author :
Liew, Wen-Sin ; Yao, Libin ; Lian, Yong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
fDate :
Nov. 30 2008-Dec. 3 2008
Abstract :
A moving binary search tree based successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR-ADC) dedicated for low power biomedical data acquisition system is presented. By performing the conversion based on the previous results, the required ADC conversion cycles is reduced significantly leading to great saving in power consumption. Simulation results based on typical electrocardiograph (ECG) signals show that the proposed SAR-ADC saves 52.6% of conversion cycles for a 10-bit SAR-ADC, corresponding to a power saving of about 45% as compared to its conventional counterparts, while maintaining the same resolution and accuracy.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; biomedical electronics; data acquisition; electrocardiography; low-power electronics; medical signal processing; tree searching; ECG signals; analog-to-digital converter; electrocardiograph; low power biomedical data acquisition system; moving binary search SAR-ADC; successive approximation register; Analog-digital conversion; Binary search trees; Bioinformatics; Biomedical engineering; Electrocardiography; Energy consumption; Frequency; Logic design; Signal design; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2008. APCCAS 2008. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2341-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2342-2
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2008.4746106