Short range remote powering of implanted electronics for freely moving animals

Enver G. Kilinc, Mehrdad A. Ghanad, Franco Maloberti, Catherine Dehollain
2013 2013 IEEE 11th International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)  
An implantable system for monitoring vital parameters via bio-sensors inside freely moving laboratory animals and its powering system are presented. The required 2 mW are harvested by the magnetic coupling with an external coil placed under the living space of the animal. The servo X-Y rails move the external coil and track the animal. Dynamic power-adaptation keeps the harvested power level constant against misalignments of transmitting coil and moving animal. Entire system and basic blocks
more » ... egrated using a 0.18 um CMOS technology are presented. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the powering system.
doi:10.1109/newcas.2013.6573608 dblp:conf/newcas/KilincGMD13 fatcat:ol3yisq6ozgynhhbfpweelfa7a