Wireless ultra-wide-band data link for biomedical implants

Author

Novak, Ondrej ; Wu, Wei ; Charles, Cameron

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Firstpage

352

Lastpage

355

Abstract

The potential of wireless ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology for data links in biomedical implants is discussed. Most current technologies have been proven unsuitable for use in future high complexity applications. Emerging systems such as vision prosthesis will require significantly higher data rates and power efficiency. UWB offers unique properties that make it an attractive candidate to meet the increased demand. Furthermore, initial results of an UWB transceiver design are reported. A pulse generator and a wide-band LNA have been designed and fabricated in a 65 nm CMOS technology. Test results are also presented.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; prosthetics; pulse generators; radio links; transceivers; ultra wideband technology; wireless LAN; CMOS technology; UWB transceiver design; biomedical implants; pulse generator; size 65 nm; wide-band LNA; wireless ultrawide-band data link; CMOS technology; Cities and towns; Cochlear implants; FCC; Frequency; Neural prosthesis; Prosthetics; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology; Visual prosthesis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, 2009. PRIME 2009. Ph.D.

Conference_Location

Cork

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3733-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3734-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RME.2009.5201317

Filename

5201317