Diagnostic, Patient Monitoring and Therapy: Electrocardiogram (ECG) /portable ECG and Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Diagnostic, Patient Monitoring and Therapy: Electrocardiogram (ECG) /portable ECG and Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Diagnostic, Patient Monitoring and Therapy: Electrocardiogram (ECG) /portable ECG and Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Backlight
ADC Wireless:
High Display Zigbee
Mux
Ref DS Converter
Isolation
Wired:
Summer Clock Signal USB
(resistive) Processor RS232
RLD Core
Temp Sense
and I/O
DSP/OMAP Logic
Power
Human Body
EEPROM
SDRAM
FLASH/
Plug DDR
Green Power
AC/DC Battery
Mode
Supply Management
Control Memory
AC Line Power Management
P M t
LEGEND Logic
Processor Power
Interface ADC/DAC
RF/IF Clocks
Amplifier Other
Product Availability and Design Disclaimer – The system block diagram depicted above and the devices recommended are designed in this manner as a reference. Please contact your local TI sales office or
distributor for system design specifics and product availability.
Three ECG electrodes connected to patient using CMOS components with 5V single supply. This circuit will
operate on a 3.3V supply.
• Medical measurement
• Industrial diagnostics
OMAP-L137 block diagram.
Key Benefits The eight-channel, 24-bit ADS1298 is the first in a family of fully integrated analog
• Reduce components and board size front ends (AFEs) for patient monitoring, portable and high-end electrocardiogram
by 95% (ECG) and electroencephalogram (EEG). Succeeding four- and six-channel versions
• 1mW/channel reduces solution and 16-bit versions offer designers a migration path to varying resolutions and
power by 95% channel combinations for low-noise medical equipment. Examples include patient
monitors, rest and stress ECG, fetal monitoring, hospital and public access AEDs,
• Single-chip solution increases sys-
as well as sports and fitness monitors.
tem reliability and patient mobility
Key Features
• Eight low-noise PGAs ADS1298 REF
• Eight high-resolution, simultaneous
sampling ADCs PGA1 ADC1
• Integrated amplifier for right-leg drive SPI
• Integrated amplifiers for Wilson MUX and
Control
Central Terminal (WCT) and
PGA8 ADC8
Goldberger Central Terminals (GCT)
• Digital pace detection capability
Lead Off Oscillator
• Continuous lead-off detection
RLD Temperature
• Onboard oscillator and reference for Pace
Test
smaller footprint and low-power Detect
Respiration
applications Wilson
Applications
• ECG and EEG applications ADS1298 block diagram.
100
10
1
Time (1s/div) 1 10 100 1k 10k 30k
Frequency (Hz)
OPA378: 0.1Hz to 10Hz noise. OPA378: voltage noise spectral density
versus frequency.
Key Features The OPA334 and OPA335 CMOS op amps use auto-zeroing techniques to
• GBW: 2MHz simultaneously provide very low offset voltage and near-zero drift over time and
• Low offset voltage: 5µV (max) temperature. These high-precision amps offer high input impedance and rail-to-rail
output swing.
• Zero drift: 0.05µV/°C (max) VEX R1
• Quiescent current: 285µA
• EMI input filtered
+5V
• Shutdown available on OPA344
R R
• Packaging: SOT23-5, SOT23-6,
R R
SO-8, MSOP-10 (dual) OPA335 VOUT
Applications
• Transducer applications, such as R1
pressure sensing
VREF
• Electronic weight scales
• Temperature measurement OPA335 –5V supply bridge amplifier for high CMRR
Key Features The INA326 is a precision instrumentation amplifier with rail-to-rail input and
• Low offset: 100µV (max) output and with true single-supply operation it offers very low DC errors and
• Low offset drift: 0.4µV/°C (max) input common-mode ranges that extend beyond the positive and negative rails.
Excellent long-term stability and very low 1/f noise assure low offset voltage and
• Excellent long-term stability
drift throughout the life of the product.
• Very low 1/f noise V+ V-
• Input common-mode range: 200mV Applications 7
2
below negative rail to 100mV above • Medical instruments VIN–
1 4
positive rail • Multi-channel data acquisition
• Wide output swing: Within 10mV of 6
systems R1 INA326 VO
rails • Low-level transducer amplifier for 8
• Single supply: +2.7V to +5.5V bridges, load cells, thermocouples 3
5 G = 2(R2/R1)
VIN+
• Packaging: MSOP-8, MSOP-10 • Wide dynamic range sensor
measurements R2 C2
Key Features The ADS8341 is a 4-channel, 16-bit ADC with synchronous serial interface. Typical
• Conversion rate: up to 100kHz power dissipation is 8mW at a 100kHz throughput rate and a +5V supply. The ref-
• 4-/8-channel single-ended or erence voltage can be varied between 500mV and VCC, providing a corresponding
2-channel differential input input voltage range of 0V to VREF. It is tested down to 2.7V operation. The serial
interface also provides low-cost isolation for remote data acquisition.
• SINAD: 86dB
• Serial interface
• Single supply: 2.7V to 5V
• Packaging: SSOP-16 SAR DCLK
Applications
• Portable medical devices CS
CH0 Comparator
• Test and measurement SHDN
Four Serial
• Data acquisition CH1
Channel Interface DIN
CDAC
CH2 Multiplexer and
DOUT
CH3 Control
BUSY
COM
VREF
Key Features The ADS1271, ADS1274 and ADS1278 are single-, quad- and octal-channel ADCs,
• Single-channel or simultaneously respectively. These 24-bit, delta-sigma ADCs have data rates of up to 128kSPS,
measures 4/8 channels allowing simultaneous sampling of all channels, and are offered in identical pack-
• Up to 128kSPS data rate ages for drop-in expandability. The devices offer excellent DC and AC specifica-
• AC performance: tions for high-precision measurement applications. They provide a usable signal
• Bandwidth: 62kHz bandwidth of up to 90 percent of the Nyquist rate with less than 0.005dB of ripple.
• SNR: 111dB (high-resolution mode) Four operating modes allow for optimization of speed, resolution and power.
• THD: –108dB THD
• DC accuracy: VREFP VREFN AVDD DVDD
Key Features The THS4521(single), THS4522 (dual), and THS4524 (quad) are negative rail input, rail-
• Low quiescent current: 1.14mA (typ) to-rail output, fully differential amplifiers operating from a single +2.5V to +5.5V supply.
• Power down capability: 20μA (typ) The low 1.14mA/channel quiescent current and power down capability to 20µA make it
• Input voltage noise: 4.6nV/√Hz a good choice for low power applications. The output common-mode control with low
• Slew rate: 490V/µs offset and drift allows for dc-coupling in high accuracy data acquisition systems.
1k
• Neg. rail-input and rail-to-rail output
• Power supply voltage: 1.5nF
Key Features To reduce the time to market for medical device companies, TI has launched a
• ECG AFE module key components set of medical application development tools with complete signal chain designs
• ADS1258: 16-channel, 24-bit and software for electrocardiograms, digital stethoscopes, and pulse oximeter
sigma delta analog-to-digital products. Each of the three medical development kits (MDKs) is comprised by
converter (ADC) purchasing an analog front-end (AFE) module with specific circuitry design opti-
• INA128: precision, low power mized for each end product plus a TMS320C5515 DSP Evaluation Module (EVM)
instrumentation amplifier based on the industry’s lowest power DSP – TMS320C5515. MDKs provide a
• PCA9535: remote 16-bit I2C and great evaluation platform to help medical device manufacturers focus on product
SMBus low-power I/O expander differentiation, like algorithm development and feature enhancement.
• TLV3404: nanopower open drain
output comparator The TMDXMDKEK1258 Electrocardiogram (ECG) Analog Front End (AFE) module
• REF5025: low-noise, very low drift is part of the ECG medical development kit (MDK) that consists of the ECG AFE
precision voltage reference module, a processor board (C5515 DSP evaluation module), a set of collateral and
• ECG MDK system features C5515 based application sample code to implement the ECG application. The
• Based on industry’s lowest power ECG MDK delivers a complete signal chain solution to enable ECG developers to
DSP processor – TMS320C5515 build a complete ECG system quickly for evaluation and get to production faster.
• 12-lead ECG output using 10
electrode input
• 0.05Hz to 150Hz bandwidth
• Leads off detection
• Real-time 12-lead ECG waveform
display on EVM LCD, one lead at a
time
• Real-time 12-lead ECG waveform
display on PC, three leads at a
time
• Heart beat rate display
• Recording of ECG data, and offline
display option of recorded ECG
data