Title :
ESD protection and biomedical integrated circuit co-design techniques
Author :
Liu, Jian ; Xin Wang ; Zhao, Hui ; Fang, Qiang ; Shi, Zitao ; Li Wang ; Chen Zhang ; Wang, Li ; Cheng, Yuhua ; Zhao, Bin ; Zhang, Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper reviews new design techniques for electrostatic discharge (ESD) and biomedical integrated circuit (IC) co-designs (ESD-Biomed co-design) for whole-chip design optimization. Challenges for ESD protection design for biomedical electronics are discussed. Promising ESD protection structures for biomedical ICs are described. Example of ESD-protected ultrasound medical imaging system is presented.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; biomedical ultrasonics; electrostatic discharge; integrated circuit design; optimisation; ESD protection design; ESD- protected ultrasound medical imaging system; biomedical IC; biomedical electronics; biomedical integrated circuit codesign technique; electrostatic discharge; whole-chip design optimization; Biomedical electronics; Biomedical imaging; Electrostatic discharges; Integrated circuit modeling; Thyristors; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1469-6
DOI :
10.1109/BioCAS.2011.6107813
