A CMOS lock-in amplifier for low-power biomedical applications Online publication date: Mon, 11-Jan-2016
by M. Santhanalakshmi
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET), Vol. 20, No. 1, 2016
Abstract: An analogue Lock-In Amplifier (LIA) is employed in an optical receiver front end to retrieve signals from an extremely noisy environment. The conventional LIA consists of a current source, Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA), set of active Gm-C filter and Phase Locked Loop (PLL). In this work, a high gain low power TIA making use of Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) is proposed. This structure has a 54% improvement in gain and consumes 8% lesser power compared to replica biasing TIA. The gain boosting circuit in the NMOS current steering charge pump reduces the power consumption by 38% compared to conventional structure. In the modified Phase Frequency Detector (PFD), True Single Phase Clock (TSPC) logic is utilised which consumes 50% lesser power compared to conventional design. So, the low power LIA designed with proposed structures can be used for low power biomedical applications. Simulations are done using Cadence Spectre, GPDK 180 nm technology.
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