22.1 A 769μW Battery-Powered Single-Chip SoC with BLE for Multi-Modal Vital Sign Health Patches

Konijnenburg, M; Van Wegberg, R; Song, S; Ha, H; Sijbers, W; Xu, J; Stanzione, S; Van Liempd, C; Biswas, D; Breeschoten, A; Vis, P; Van Hoof, C; Van Helleputte, N

doi:10.1109/ISSCC.2019.8662520

22.1 A 769μW Battery-Powered Single-Chip SoC with BLE for Multi-Modal Vital Sign Health Patches

Author:

Konijnenburg, M

Van Wegberg, R ; Song, S ; Ha, H ; Sijbers, W ; Xu, J ; Stanzione, S ; Van Liempd, C ; Biswas, D ; Breeschoten, A ; Vis, P ; Van Hoof, C ; Van Helleputte, N

Abstract:

© 2019 IEEE. Continuous vital-sign monitoring is of paramount importance in remote heath monitoring or rehabilitation environments for chronic diseases. Medical-grade wireless and wearable bio-sensor systems that can be used at home offer a much more attractive solution than hospital-based monitoring systems. We report an all-in-one battery-powered SoC designed for low-cost single-use health patches (Fig. 22.1.1), allowing continuous monitoring in a home setting to improve patient comfort and reduce cost of care by, e.g., reducing hospital stays. In addition to medical-grade signal quality, low power consumption is key in such a health patch system, to enable a comfortable form factor with miniature battery size and prolong the operational lifetime to at least several weeks.