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    Poster
    Presenter(s)
    Peilong Feng Headshot
    Display Name
    Peilong Feng
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Imperial College London
    Country
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Abstract

    A number of recent and current efforts in brain ma-chine interfaces are developing millimetre-sized wireless implants that achieve scalability in the number of recording channels by deploying a distributed ‘swarm’ of devices. This trend poses two key challenges for the wireless power transfer: (1) the system as a whole needs to provide sufficient power to all devices regardless of their position and orientation; (2) each device needs to maintain a stable supply voltage autonomously. This work proposes two novel strategies towards addressing these challenges: a scalable resonator array to enhance inductive networks; and a self-regulated power management circuit for use in each independent mm-scale wireless device. The proposed passive 2-tier resonant array is shown to achieve an 11.9% average power transfer efficiency, with ultra-low variability of 1.77% across the network. The self-regulated power management unit then monitors and autonomously adjusts the supply voltage of each device to lie in the range between 1.7V -1.9V, providing both low-voltage and over-voltage protection.

    Slides
    • Autonomous Wireless System for Robust and Efficient Inductive Power Transmission to Multi-Node Implants (application/pdf)