A Remotely-Controlled Locomotive IC Driven by Electrolytic Bubbles and Wireless Powering

Author

Jian-Yu Hsieh ; Po-Hung Kuo ; Yi-Chun Huang ; Yu-Jie Huang ; Rong-Da Tsai ; Tao Wang ; Hung-Wei Chiu ; Yao-Hung Wang ; Shey-Shi Lu

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

787

Lastpage

798

Abstract

A batteryless remotely-controlled locomotive IC utilizing electrolytic bubbles as propelling force is realized in 0.35 μm CMOS technology. Without any external components, such as magnets and on-board coils, the bare IC is wirelessly powered and controlled by a 10 MHz ASK modulated signal with RS232 control commands to execute movement in four moving directions and with two speeds. The receiving coil and electrolysis electrodes are all integrated on the locomotive chip. The experiment successfully demonstrated that the bare IC moved on the surface of an electrolyte with a speed up to 0.3 mm/s and change moving directions according to the commands. The total power consumptions of the chip are 207.4 μW and 180 μW while the output electrolysis voltages are 2 V and 1.3 V, respectively.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; amplitude shift keying; bioMEMS; biomedical electrodes; bubbles; coils; electric locomotives; electrolysis; electrolytes; microelectrodes; ASK modulated signal; CMOS technology; RS232 control commands; batteryless remotely-controlled locomotive IC; electrolysis electrodes; electrolyte surface; electrolytic bubbles; frequency 10 MHz; locomotive chip; moving directions; output electrolysis voltages; power 180 muW; power 207 muW; propelling force; receiving coil; size 0.35 mum; total power consumptions; velocity 0.3 mm/s; voltage 1.3 V; voltage 2 V; wireless powering; Amplitude shift keying; CMOS technology; Clocks; Electrochemical processes; Implantable biomedical devices; System-on-chip; Batteryless; CMOS; bubble; electrolysis; inductive coupling; locomotive; system on chip (SoC); wireless powering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2382341

Filename

7001249