Abstract
This paper presents a low power, high dynamic range (DR), reconfigurable light-to-digital converter (LDC) for photoplethysmogram (PPG), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) sensor readouts. The proposed LDC utilizes a current integration and a charge counting operation to directly convert the photocurrent to a digital code, reducing the noise contributors in the system. This LDC consists of a latched comparator, a low-noise current reference, a counter, and a multi-function integrator, which is used in both signal amplification and charge counting based data quantization. Furthermore, a current DAC is used to further increase the DR by canceling the baseline current. The LDC together with LED drivers and auxiliary digital circuitry are implemented in a standard 0.18μm CMOS process and characterized experimentally. The LDC and LED drivers consume a total power of 196μW while achieving a maximum 119dB DR. The charge counting clock, and the pulse repetition frequency of the LED driver can be reconfigured, providing a wide range of power-resolution trade-off. At a minimum power consumption of 87μW, the LDC still achieves 95dB DR. The LDC is also validated with on-body PPG and NIRS measurement by using a photodiode (PD) and a silicon photomultiplier (SIPM), respectively.
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