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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.9.068

Design of a Readout Circuit of Pulse Rate and Pulse Waveform for a U-Health System Using a Dual-Mode ADC  

Shin, Young-San (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Wee, Jae-Kyung (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Song, Inchae (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.9, 2013 , pp. 68-73 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we proposed a readout circuit of pulse waveform and rate for a U-health system to monitor health condition. For long-time operation without replacing or charging a battery, either pulse waveform or pulse rate is selected as the output data of the proposed readout circuit according to health condition of a user. The proposed readout circuit consists of a simple digital logic discriminator and a dual-mode ADC which operates in the ADC mode or in the count mode. Firstly, the readout circuit counts pulse rate for 4 seconds in the count mode using the dual-mode ADC. Health condition is examined after the counted pulse rate is accumulated for 1 minute in the discriminator. If the pulse rate is out of the preset normal range, the dual-mode ADC operates in the ADC mode where pulse waveform is converted into 10-bit digital data with the sampling frequency of 1 kHz. These data are stored in a buffer and transmitted by 620 kbps to an external monitor through a RF transmitter. The data transmission period of the RF transmitter depends on the operation mode. It is generally 1 minute in the normal situation or 1 ms in the emergency situation. The proposed readout circuit was designed with $0.11{\mu}m$ process technology. The chip area is $460{\times}800{\mu}m^2$. According to measurement, the power consumption is $161.8{\mu}W$ in the count mode and $507.3{\mu}W$ in the ADC mode with the operating voltage of 1 V.
Keywords
Low power; U-Health; Analog-to-Digital Converter; Electrocardiography; Piezo-electronic;
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