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Integrated Chip Power Receiver for Wireless Bio-implantable Devices

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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2015)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 574))

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Abstract

Wireless bio-medical devices employ inductive link as medium for transfer of energy between the external source and the implant. But, the inductive power picked by receiver results in high voltage, that may largely exceed the voltage compliance of low voltage integrated chips. The high voltage at the receiver is due to high load impedance offered by electrodes within the implant. To limit the magnitude of induced voltage, majority of the low voltage circuits use power inefficient methods like voltage clippers and shunt regulators. Therefore, to overcome voltage limitation and to enhance power efficiency, a power receiver topology based on step-down approach is designed and implemented for input voltage as high as 30 V. The implemented design consists of rectifier and series voltage regulator. In addition a battery charger circuit that ensures safe and reliable charging of the implant battery is designed and tested. The proposed design is fabricated in 0.35 \(\mu \)m high voltage BCD foundry. Rectifier and regulator power efficacy are analyzed based on simulation and measurement results.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2013R1A1A4A01012624)

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    Vijith Vijayakumaran Nair & Jun Rim Choi

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Nair, V.V., Choi, J.R. (2015). Integrated Chip Power Receiver for Wireless Bio-implantable Devices. In: Fred, A., Gamboa, H., Elias, D. (eds) Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 574. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_3

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