A Complementary Pseudo-Resistor with Leakage Current Self-Compensation for Biopotential Amplifiers

  • Gerald Topalli
  • , Chong Xie
  • , Yingying Fan
  • , Lan Luan
  • , Rongkang Yin
  • , Taiyun Chi

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Abstract

Conventional pseudo-resistors used in AC-coupled biopotential amplifiers suffer from intrinsic and photo-induced leakage currents, which may saturate the amplifier and induce an input-amplitude-dependent DC drift at the amplifier output. To mitigate these issues, this paper presents a new complementary pseudo-resistor with a leakage current self-compensation mechanism. As proof of concept, a capacitive feedback biopotential amplifier using the proposed pseudo-resistor is designed in the DB HiTek 180nm CMOS process. In the measurement, it achieves enhanced robustness against both input-amplitude-dependent DC drift and light exposure, compared to the amplifier using the conventional pseudo-resistor. It also demonstrates high signal fidelity during in vitro tests using pre-recorded neural signals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBioCAS 2023 - 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350300260
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2023 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: Oct 19 2023Oct 21 2023

Publication series

NameBioCAS 2023 - 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period10/19/2310/21/23

Keywords

  • biopotential amplifier
  • CMOS
  • leakage current compensation
  • neural recording
  • pseudo-resistor

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