Microwatt embedded processor platform for medical system-on-chip applications

Srinivasa R. Sridhara, Michael T. DiRenzo, Srinivas Lingam, Seok-Jun Lee, R. Blázquez, Jay Maxey, Samer Ghanem, Yu-Hung Lee, Rami A. Abdallah, Prashant Singh,

2010 · 64 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

A medical system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates an ARM Cortex-M3 processor is presented. Ultra-low power operation is achieved via 0.5-1.0 V operation, a 28 fW/bit fully differential subthreshold 6T SRAM, a 90%-efficient DC-DC converter, and a 100-nJ fast Fourier transform (FFT) accelerator to reduce processor workload. Using a combination of novel circuit design, system architecture, and SoC implementation, the first sub-microwatt per channel electroencephalograph (EEG) seizure detection is demonstrated.

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