Title :
A RFID/NFC based Programmable SOC for biomedical applications
Author :
Bhattacharyya, Mayukh ; Gruenwald, Waldemar ; Dusch, Benjamin ; Aghassi-Hagmann, Jasmin ; Jansen, Dirk ; Reindl, Leonhard
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Appl. Res., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Offenburg, Offenburg, Germany
Abstract :
A new RFID/NFC (ISO 15693 standard) based inductively powered passive SoC (System on chip) for biomedical applications is presented here. The proposed SOC consists of an integrated 32 bit microcontroller, RFID/NFC frontend, sensor interface circuit, analog to digital converter and some peripherals such as timer, SPI interface and memory devices. An energy harvesting unit supplies the power required for the entire system for complete passive operation. The complete chip is realized on CMOS 0.18 μm technology with a chip area of 1.5 mm × 3.0 mm.
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; energy harvesting; near-field communication; radiofrequency identification; system-on-chip; CMOS technology; ISO 15693 standard; RFID-NFC frontend; RFID-NFC-based programmable SOC; SPI interface; analog-digital converter; biomedical application; energy harvesting unit; inductively-powered passive SoC; memory devices; microcontroller; peripherals; sensor interface circuit; size 0.18 mum; system-on-chip; word length 32 bit; Antennas; Biomedical measurement; Clocks; Radiofrequency identification; Random access memory; Read only memory; Voltage measurement; analog to digital converter (ADC); inductive power transfer; near field communication(NFC); radio frequency identification (RFID); ultra low power;
Conference_Titel :
SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2014 International
DOI :
10.1109/ISOCC.2014.7087580