A system architecture for intelligent implantable biotelemetry instruments

Author

Fernald, Kenneth W. ; Stackhouse, Blaine A. ; Paulos, John J. ; Miller, Tom K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1411

Abstract

A system architecture for intelligent implantable biotelemetry instruments is presented. The system consists of a modular chip set interconnected by a synchronous serial bus. A user-programmable microprocessor controls all functions, including data acquisition, actuator control and telemetry. Data acquisition is performed by an eight-channel conditioning chip with programmable gain, bandwidth, and sampling rates. An advanced telemetry unit allows bidirectional communication of both data and commands, while providing an error-detection scheme to ensure integrity

Keywords

computer architecture; computerised instrumentation; medical computing; telemetering equipment; actuator control; bandwidth; bidirectional communication; biomedical computer architecture; data acquisition; error-detection scheme; intelligent implantable biotelemetry instruments; modular chip set; programmable gain; sampling rate; synchronous serial bus; system architecture; user-programmable microprocessor; Bandwidth; Biomedical telemetry; Communication system control; Data acquisition; Instruments; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent systems; Microprocessors; Performance gain; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96265

Filename

96265