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Time-based wireless synchrounous detection of bioimpedance signals
  • Virgilio Valente,
  • Hanieh Ashrafirad
Virgilio Valente
Toronto Metropolitan University

Corresponding Author:vvalente@torontomu.ca

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Hanieh Ashrafirad
Toronto Metropolitan University
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Abstract

This letter presents a novel time-based scheme for wireless measurement of bioimpedance. Conventional circuits measure impedance in the analog or digital domain, incurring in high power and area consumption resulting from either the use of analog multipliers and high-order filters, or high-speed ADCs. Wireless transmission of impedance bits further results in a power penalty. Time domain solution offer a unique advantage both in terms of power consumption and technology scalability. Here we present a system that combines a pulse-width modulation-pulse position modulation (PWM-PPM) readout with a pulse-harmonic modulation (PHM) wireless link for power efficient transmission of impedance data. The paper presents a system-level description of the wireless readout architecture and its operation simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK and LTSpice. The work presented here can provide the foundation for the design of novel time-based energy-efficient wireless impedance analyzers.
27 Jul 2024Submitted to Electronics Letters
30 Jul 2024Submission Checks Completed
30 Jul 2024Assigned to Editor
30 Jul 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
19 Nov 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned