Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultra-low power receiver module for wireless communication by an implantable medical device
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Application No.: US16434167Application Date: 2019-06-06
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Publication No.: US11027133B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Alaa Makdissi , An Nguyen-Dinh
- Applicant: CAIRDAC
- Applicant Address: FR Antony
- Assignee: CAIRDAC
- Current Assignee: CAIRDAC
- Current Assignee Address: FR Antony
- Agency: Shutts & Bowen LLP
- Agent Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.
- Main IPC: A61N1/365
- IPC: A61N1/365 ; A61N1/378 ; A61N1/375 ; H01L41/08

Abstract:
A receiver module of an autonomous implanted capsule receives a human body communication, HBC, signal sensed by an electrode in contact with body tissues or fluids of a patient. The signal is a pulse-modulated, baseband PPM pulse signal. The receiver module comprises a non-linear LNA amplifier stage comprising a pair of complementary transistors arranged as a voltage inverter circuit with an input coupled to the modulated-input-signal collecting electrode. The amplifier stage input is polarized to an intermediate operating point voltage between a supply voltage of the complementary transistor pair and a ground voltage. The amplifier stage has a gain of at least 40 dB, a gain-bandwidth product of at least 20 MHz, and a consumption lower than or equal to 100 nW. It is followed by a downstream demodulator stage made up of a fast comparator circuit of the Threshold Inverter Quantization, TIQ, type, comprising two inverters with cascade-coupled complementary transistors, one of the inverters operating as a voltage reference and the other inverter operating as a gain booster.
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