Browsing by Author "Hsieh, Ping-Hsuan"

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A Standard-Cell-Design-Flow Compatible Energy-Recycling Logic With 70% Energy Saving
(2016-01)
Lee, Cheng-Yen
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Hsieh, Ping-Hsuan
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Yang, Chia-Hsiang
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電子工程學系及電子研究所
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Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics
This paper presents an energy-recycling micro-architecture and the associated adiabatic logic for ultra-low energy applications, such as implantable bioelectronics. The proposed design achieves low power by transferring and recycling energy between digital logic blocks along with the signal propagation. The CMOS-like layout methodology allows the adiabatic logic core to be synthesized and auto-placed-and-routed with current EDA tools for complex digital systems. A 50% energy saving can be achieved for up to 100 MHz compared to conventional static CMOS logic. As a proof of concept, a 14-tap 8-bit finite impulse response (FIR) filter has been implemented in 90-nm CMOS for implantable neural signal processing. With only 16% area overhead compared to the static CMOS counterpart, the proposed design achieves 70% to 53% of energy reduction for 87 kHz to 410 kHz from a 1 V supply. The FIR filter realized with the proposed energy-recycling logic achieves an FoM of 5.33 nW/MHz/Tap/In-bit/Coeff-bit, yielding a 1.9x to 42x higher energy efficiency than the state-of-the-art custom energy-efficient FIR designs.
Development of a Multisite, Closed-loop Neuromodulator for the Theranosis of Neural Degenerative Diseases
(2018-01-01)
Chen, Hsin
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Chang, Yen-Chung
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Yeh, Shih-Rung
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Hsieh, Chih-Cheng
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Tang, Kea-Tiong
Stimulating specific brain regions has been found useful for treating neural disorders, such as the Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, depression, etc. However, how electrical stimulation modulates neural activities remains not fully understood. As animal models provide the advantage of recording and stimulating different disease-related regions simultaneously, this paper introduces the latest development of a multisite, closed-loop-controlled microsystem for investigating novel treatments on neural degenerative diseases with freely-moving rats. The algorithms for recognizing pathological neural activities automatically are also developed and realized in hardware, so as to control the stimulation in a closed loop and in real time. The pilot studies on the efficacy of treating the Parkinson's disease with closed-loop-controlled stimulation will be presented and discussed. Finally, the feasibility of modelling and probing how neural dynamics and connectivity are modulated by stimulation will be an important topic for future research.
Integration of Energy-Recycling Logic and Wireless Power Transfer for Ultra-Low-Power Implantables
(2017-01-01)
Lin, Hsin-Tzu
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Wu, Yi-Chung
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Hsieh, Ping-Hsuan
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Yang, Chia-Hsiang
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電子工程學系及電子研究所
This paper presents an integration of energy-recycling logic circuits with a wireless power transfer receiving module for ultra-low-power applications, such as transcutaneous biomedical implantables. In the prototype design, one inductive coil implanted inside the body receives wireless power and supplies the following electronics. While part of the loading is composed of conventional CMOS logics, the rest is implemented with energy-recycling logic circuits. Energy-recycling logic and the associated adiabatic operation achieve excellent energy efficiency by transferring and recycling energy between digital logic blocks along with the signal propagation. The required AC supplies further lead to a natural integration with wireless power transfer and therefore obviate the need for a rectifier that contributes to substantial power loss. As a proof of concept, a finite-impulse-response filter is designed in 90-nm CMOS process. Simulation results show a 59.3% power reduction as compared to static CMOS counterpart.