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Analog circuits for biochip

EE-518

Enseignant(s) :

Carrara Sandro
Dehollain Catherine
Skrivervik Favre Anja

Langue:

English

Summary

Introduction to analog CMOS design for Remote Biosensors on Chip. Understanding and designing of active and remotely powered biosensing systems.

Content

Principles of biosensing: Target/Probe Interactions

Electrochemical biosensing: three-electrode electrochemical cell and its equivalent circuits

Basic CMOS configurations for electrochemical biosensing

Voltage-ramp generators on chip 

Current readers: current-to-voltage and current-to-frequency conversion

Wireless transmission in lossy media: issues on temperature, specific absorption rate (SAR) and efficiency

Regulation aspects of wireless transmission close or in living matter: maximum value of the SAR and the temperature with respect to the frequency of operation and the body tissue.

Power suppliers: non-rechargeable battery, rechargeable battery, super-capacitor, and storing capacitor

Different types of remote powering coupling between control units and remote biosensors

Passive (load modulation and backscattering) and active transmitters for RF communication

System Configuration for remote powering operation and data communication.

Keywords

OpAmp, CMOS, biosensors, RF communication, Remote Powering

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Electronics I and II

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Design complete devices for remote biosensing at system level
• Design simple analog circuits for the biosensor frontend
• Design simple analog circuits for the RF data communication
• Design simple analog circuits for the remote powering operation
• Assess / Evaluate appropriate sources of information

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra, and exercises

Resources

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Design and optimization of passive UHF RFID systems / Curty
• Bio/CMOS interfaces and co-design / Carrara

Notes/Handbook

1. Course slides on moodle intranet
2. Text Book: S.Carrara, Bio/CMOS Interfaces and Co-Design, Springer, NY, 2012
3. Text Book: C. Dehollain, et al., Design and Optimization of Passive UHF RFID Systems, Springer, NY, 2006