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CMOS Front-End Architecture for In-vivo Biomedical Subcutaneous Detection Devices

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This chapter describes the design and conception of the Self-Powered CMOS Front-End Architecture for a Biomedical Subcutaneous Device. The entire architecture is presented in detail as well as the powering and communication through the inductive link. The power and communication antenna and the connections between the MHCP IC (Chapter 2), the BioChip IC (Chapter 3) and the sensor are also detailed afterwards. The results obtained with the final capsule prototype with a size less than 4.5 cm × 2.5 cm are shown and commented in depth. Problems regarding misalignments between the internal and external antennas are studied and the SOA (Safety Operation Area) region is introduced. Finally, the prototype has been validated as a detector.

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Colomer-Farrarons, J., Miribel-Català, P.L. (2011). CMOS Front-End Architecture for In-vivo Biomedical Subcutaneous Detection Devices. In: A CMOS Self-Powered Front-End Architecture for Subcutaneous Event-Detector Devices. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0686-6_4

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