Low-power analog integrated circuits for wireless ECG acquisition systems

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 907-917

  Tsai, Tsung Heng ^a   Hong, Jia Hua ^a   Wang, Liang Hung ^a   Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analog filter; analog front end ICs; analog to digital converter (ADC); ECG signal acquisition; low noise amplifier (LNA); low power circuits; power amplifier (PA); power splitter; quadrature mixer; quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FILTERS; ANALOG FRONT-END; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ECG SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; LOW-POWER CIRCUIT; POWER SPLITTERS; QUADRATURE MIXER; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); OSCILLISTORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84866599499     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2012.2188412     Document Type: Article

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