Bioelectronics and biomedical microelectronics

Summary

The course covers the fundaments of bioelectronics and integrated microelectronics for biomedical and implantable systems. Issues and trade-offs at the circuit and systems levels of invasive microelectronic systems as well as their eluding designs, methods and classical implementations are discussed

Content

Keywords

Bio-electronics, bio-medical electronics, implantable microelectronic

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Electronics (fundaments, circuits and systems)

Learning Outcomes

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

• Elaborate design strategies and method
• Elaborate specifications
• Analyze block level requirements
• Develop blocks, models
• Assess / Evaluate alternate existing method
• Elaborate design strategies and methods
• Elaborate specifications
• Analyze block level requirements
• Develop blocks, models
• Assess / Evaluate alternate existing method

Transversal skills

• Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
• Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
• Make an oral presentation.
• Write a literature review which assesses the state of the art.

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra and practical exercises, seminars

Expected student activities

Attend class lectures, solve exercises, study professional litterature and prepare a short report and short seminar on a selected topic

Assessment methods

Mandatory continusous control: written midterm

Mandatory continuous control: seminar and report

Mandatory final written examination

Resources

Bibliography

Will be reported in class

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/EE-519

Prerequisite for

Diploma projects