Constraints and design approaches in analog ICs forlmplantable medical devices

Author

Silveira, Fernando ; Oreggioni, Julian ; Castro-Lisboa, Pablo

Author_Institution

Inst. delngenieria Electr., Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

fYear

2015

fDate

27-29 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) are microsystems requiring ultra low energy operation, which is a characteristic increasingly shared by several other applications. On the other hand, AIMDs must comply with several specific constraints imposed by the medical implantable context. This paper first summarizes, from the point of view of the analog IC designer, the state of the art of AIMDs and their specific constraints. Then, some general design techniques for analog ICs for AIMDs are highlighted and an analog front-end for neural devices is presented to illustrate current circuit and architecture approaches.

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; integrated circuit design; prosthetics; AIMD; active implantable medical device; analog IC design; analog front-end; microsystem; neural device; Batteries; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitance; Implants; Power demand; Space exploration; Transistors; implantable devices; ultra low power analog CMOS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), 2015 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLSI-DAT.2015.7114545

Filename

7114545