Optical wireless receiver for data delivery to retinal implant

Ikramullah Shah, Denis Guangyin Chen, Moaaz Ahmed, Amine Bermak

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Abstract

A very low power optical wireless receiver for use in low rate, short range applications, in general, and for use in retinal prosthesis application, in particular, is proposed. Conventional optical wireless receivers are based on transimpedance amplifier and consume large static power which is not suitable for low power biomedical applications. The proposed design consumes no static power. Robust background current rejection is achieved through the use of modulation in polarization domain. A low power receiver has been designed and simulated in 0.18 μm CMOS technology. It consumes 396 nW with a 1.8V supply at a data rate of 32 Kbit/s with a Figure-of-Merit (FoM) of 12pJ/bit. DC Photocurrent of 0 to 300nA can be rejected with a sensitivity of -52 dB m. The receiver can be operated at data rate of 512 Kbps with a sensitivity of -40dbm when sampled twice per bit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages866-869
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781479934324
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2014 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Duration: 1 Jun 20145 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne, VIC
Period1/06/145/06/14

Keywords

  • Polarization
  • Retinal Prosthesis
  • Wireless Optical
  • receiver

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