A WIRELESS EEG ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH THERMOELECTRIC SCAVENGING MICRODEVICE

J. P. Carmo, L. M. Goncalves, R. P. Rocha, J. H. Correia

2009

Abstract

This paper presents a wireless EEG acquisition system powered by a thermoelectric energy scavenger, which was optimised to convert the small thermal power available in the human-body. The wireless EEG system is composed with up to four EEG electrodes. A radio frequency (RF) transceiver for operation in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, was optimised and fabricated in the UMC RF 0.18 µm CMOS process. The receiver has a sensitivity of -60 dBm and consumes 6.3 mW from a 1.8 V supply. The transmitter delivers an output power of 0 dBm with a power consumption of 11.2 mW. Because listening and emitting are power-intensive activities, innovative topics concerning efficient power management was taken into account during the design of the RF CMOS transceiver.

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in Harvard Style

Carmo J., Goncalves L., Rocha R. and Correia J. (2009). A WIRELESS EEG ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH THERMOELECTRIC SCAVENGING MICRODEVICE . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111- 64-7, pages 380-383. DOI: 10.5220/0001544303800383


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices09,
author={J. P. Carmo and L. M. Goncalves and R. P. Rocha and J. H. Correia},
title={A WIRELESS EEG ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH THERMOELECTRIC SCAVENGING MICRODEVICE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={380-383},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001544303800383},
isbn={978-989-8111- 64-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - A WIRELESS EEG ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH THERMOELECTRIC SCAVENGING MICRODEVICE
SN - 978-989-8111- 64-7
AU - Carmo J.
AU - Goncalves L.
AU - Rocha R.
AU - Correia J.
PY - 2009
SP - 380
EP - 383
DO - 10.5220/0001544303800383