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32nd Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Date: 2018/06/18 - 2018/06/22, Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Publication date: 2018-10-22
Volume: 2018-June Pages: 129 - 130
ISSN: 9781538667002
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers

Author:

Chen, M
Castro, ID ; Lin, Qiuyang ; Torfs, T ; Tavernier, F ; Van Hoof, C ; Van Hellenutte, N

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Electrical & Electronic, Engineering, high input impedance, high dynamic range, common-mode interference, non-contact, capacitively coupled, ECG, active electrode

Abstract:

© 2018 IEEE. This paper presents a purely capacitively coupled active electrode (AE) for ECG acquisition for implementation in smart clothing or furniture. The AE has a DC input impedance of 400GΩ and 3.7μV rms (0.5-100Hz) input-referred noise. The whole design supports 220mV pp differential linear input range required in practical scenarios. An active driven-right-leg (DRL) loop is provided, achieving at least 70dB CMRR for up to 2.8V pp common-mode (CM) interference. Implemented in a 0.18μm CMOS process, the prototype occupies an area of 1.23mm 2 , and consumes 18μA and 13μA for the AE and DRL respectively. Through-clothing non-contact capacitively coupled ECG acquisition is demonstrated.