The authors report a super low power Medical Implant Communication Service （MICS） band receiver for a high resolution epi-retinal prosthesis （BionicEye）. The frequency shift keying （FSK） receiver consumes less t...The authors report a super low power Medical Implant Communication Service （MICS） band receiver for a high resolution epi-retinal prosthesis （BionicEye）. The frequency shift keying （FSK） receiver consumes less than 1.5 mW power with 1 V supply. It is able to achieve a maximum data rate of 400 kb/s. This paper presents the research work carried out on designing a fully-integrated sub-threshold receiver fabricated on a 65 nm complimentary metal oxide semiconductor （CMOS） chip. In order to achieve super low power consumption, more than 90% of the transistors in all analog building blocks are operated in sub-threshold region. System level issues, such as required receiver architecture and specifications are also addressed.展开更多
文摘The authors report a super low power Medical Implant Communication Service （MICS） band receiver for a high resolution epi-retinal prosthesis （BionicEye）. The frequency shift keying （FSK） receiver consumes less than 1.5 mW power with 1 V supply. It is able to achieve a maximum data rate of 400 kb/s. This paper presents the research work carried out on designing a fully-integrated sub-threshold receiver fabricated on a 65 nm complimentary metal oxide semiconductor （CMOS） chip. In order to achieve super low power consumption, more than 90% of the transistors in all analog building blocks are operated in sub-threshold region. System level issues, such as required receiver architecture and specifications are also addressed.
