Publication detail

Low-voltage Bulk-driven Rectifier for Biomedical Applications

KHATEB, F. VLASSIS, S.

Original Title

Low-voltage Bulk-driven Rectifier for Biomedical Applications

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper introduces the novel design of a low-voltage low-power voltage rectifier based on bulk-driven (BD) winner-take-all (WTA) circuit. The proposed circuit is able to work as a half- or full-wave rectifier and it is specifically designed for battery-powered implantable and wearable medical devices. The main attractive features of the proposed circuit are topology simplicity, minimal number of transistors, accuracy and capability of rectifying signals with a relatively wide range of frequencies and amplitudes. The circuit was designed with single voltage supply of 0.6 V and consumes about 2.14 uW. Detailed simulations using TSMC 0.18 um n-well CMOS technology were performed to prove the functionality and to fully characterize the circuit performance.

Keywords

Low-voltage low-power rectifier; Winner-take-all circuit; Bulk-driven MOS transistor.

Authors

KHATEB, F.; VLASSIS, S.

RIV year

2013

Released

6. 7. 2013

Publisher

ELSEVIER

Location

England

ISBN

0026-2692

Periodical

Microelectronics Journal

Year of study

2013 (44)

Number

8, IF: 0.912

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

642

Pages to

648

Pages count

7

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2013.04.009

BibTex

@article{BUT99314,
  author="Fabian {Khateb} and Spyridon {Vlassis}",
  title="Low-voltage Bulk-driven Rectifier for Biomedical Applications",
  journal="Microelectronics Journal",
  year="2013",
  volume="2013 (44)",
  number="8, IF: 0.912",
  pages="642--648",
  doi="10.1016/j.mejo.2013.04.009",
  issn="0026-2692",
  url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2013.04.009"
}