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An Ultrasound System for
Wireless Energy Transfer dedicated to
Implanted Medical Devices
Francesco Mazzilli
Analog Design Engineer, PhD
Slide 2
Outline
1. Terminology
2. Introduction
3. Specifications
4. System architecture
5. Ultrasound link for remote powering
6. Conclusion
Slide 3
1 Ultrasound in Medicine: Overview (1/3)
Therapeutic Diagnostic
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1 Wireless Energy Transfer (2/3)
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1 Implanted Medical Devices (3/3)
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2 Motivations (1/4)
ultrasponder.org
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2 System Overview (2/4)
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• To overcome electromagnetic attenuation
limit in water:
• Robustness towards jamming.
Attenuation @ 10-20 cm
ACOUSTIC 8-16 dB (@ 1 MHz)[1]
MAGNETIC 50 dB (@ 1 MHz)[2]
RF 60-90 dB (@ 2.45 GHz)[2]
[1] Francis A. Duck., Physical Properties of Tissue, 1990.
[2] Tomohiro Yamada et al., JJAP, 44(7A), 2005.
[3] Mazzilli et al., EMBC, 2010.
2 WHY ULTRASOUND? (3/4)
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[4] A. Denisov, International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, 2010.
2 Inductive vs. Ultrasound: WET[4] (4/4)
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3.1 SPECIFICATIONS
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• Physical limitations
1. attenuation;
2. transducers;
3. pressure field distribution.
3.2 Frequency selection f0 (1/8)
• Accepted standard
1. mechanical index;
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9.1
1
1
0
3,

MPa
MHz
f
p
MI r
3.2 Mechanical Index (2/8)
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)exp(
)(
0
0
fz
p
zp
 
attenuation
0.3 dB/cm/MHz
distance
acoustic
normalized
pressure
3.2 Attenuation (3/8)
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3.2 Transducer: Control Unit (4/8)
Transducer manufactured by IMASONIC
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3.2 Numerical Modeling using FOCUS (5/8)
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3.2 Pressure field analysis (6/8)
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3.2 Which frequency? (7/8)
1MHZ
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3.2 Pressure field comparison (8/8)
1MHZ
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3.3 Transducer: Implanted Node (1/5)
Transducer manufactured by IMASONIC
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3.3 Equivalent circuit (2/5)
INPUT
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3.3 Measurement set-up (3/5)
1 MHz
designed by F. Mazzilli
and V. Praplan
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3.3 Equivalent circuit (4/5)
narrow band model valid at f0
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3.3 Measurement results (5/5)
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Long Term Implant
(longevity)
Implant Size
Long Autonomy
Rechargeable Battery
(# recharge cycles)
Battery Energy Density
(Wh / liter)
# batteries
(primary + secondary)
Battery Size
3.4 Which battery? (1/2)
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3.4 Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) battery (2/2)
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4.1 System architecture
efficiency hPA
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4.2 Class-E Power Amplifier (1/3)
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4.3 Power Amplifier measurement (2/3)
[5] Mazzilli et al. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012.
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4.3 Power Amplifier measurement (3/3)
unfocused field
focused field
Vcc=3V
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4.4 System architecture
integrated circuit discrete
efficiency hrec
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4.5 Discrete rectifier
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4.6 Integrated rectifiers: topologies (1/7)
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4.6 Topologies integration (2/7)
• standard 0.18 mm UMC
CMOS technology.
• W/L = 250 mm/0.5 mm
• Cout = 5 pF
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4.6 Measurement results (3/7)
[6] Mazzilli et al., RFIC Symposium, 2010.
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4.6 Integrated rectifier: block diagram (4/7)
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4.6 Integrated rectifier: schematic (5/7)
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4.6 Active body control (6/7)
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4.6 Synchronous rectifier: efficiency (7/7)
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recUSPAlink hhhh 
ccccload
rec
link
iVR
V 12
h
5 System efficiency (1/4)
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5 In-vitro measurements (2/4)
- in-vitro set-up designed by F. Mazzilli and G. Corradini (EPFL)
- Phantom material realized by J.-M. Mari (INSERM)
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5 System efficiency comparison (3/4)
discrete integrated
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5 Link efficiency: benchmarking (4/4)
ultrasound
inductive
[7] Mazzilli et al., Transaction on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2014.
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6 Conclusion
Thanks !
&
Questions!
Slide 44
Partners & Acknowledgement
- Catherine Dehollain
- Michela Peisino
- Roger Receveur
- Giancarlo Corradini
- Jean-Martial Mari
- Cyril Lafon
- Michael Green
- European Commission

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