A novel pulse-based modulation technique for wideband low power communication with neuroprosthetic devices

Author

Inanlou, Farzad ; Kiani, Mehdi ; Ghovanloo, Maysam

Author_Institution

GT-Bionics Lab., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

5326

Lastpage

5329

Abstract

Pulse Harmonic Modulation (PHM) is a novel pulse-based (carrierless) modulation method for wideband, low power data transmission across inductive telemetry links that operate in the near-field domain. PHM utilizes two or more unidentical pulses during each bit period to minimize inter-symbol interference (ISI). In this paper, we describe the PHM concept and demonstrate its operation with a proof-of-concept prototype, which achieves a data rate of 5.2 Mbps at 1 cm coil separation with a bit error rate (BER) of 10^-6.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; error statistics; intersymbol interference; neurophysiology; prosthetics; BER; PHM; bit error rate; bit rate 5.2 Mbit/s; distance 1 cm; intersymbol interference; neuroprosthetic devices; pulse harmonic modulation; telemetry; wideband low power communication; Coils; Data communication; Modulation; Oscillators; Prognostics and health management; Receivers; Wireless communication; Electric Power Supplies; Neural Prostheses; Pulse; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemetry; Wavelet Analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626346

Filename

5626346