DocumentCode
2954264
Title
Design considerations on ultra-low-power wireless transmitters for wearable medical devices
Author
Manstretta, Danilo
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
fYear
2010
fDate
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Firstpage
3437
Lastpage
3438
Abstract
A wireless transmitter for wearable bio-sensing applications must fulfill very specialized requirements. It has been estimated that for truly wearable systems it must operate with an average power consumption of less than 140 μW. The alternatives, pitfalls, and realistic performance of robust, low power signal transmission will be addressed.
Keywords
biomedical electronics; biomedical telemetry; biosensors; low-power electronics; radio transmitters; power consumption; power signal transmission; ultralow-power wireless transmitters; wearable biosensor; wearable medical devices; Conferences; Energy efficiency; Modulation; Oscillators; Radio transmitters; Wireless communication; Biosensing Techniques; Electric Power Supplies; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Telemetry;
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.2010.5627944
Filename
5627944
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