PC-based Biomedical Instrument: Pow Er Supply O Utput
PC-based Biomedical Instrument: Pow Er Supply O Utput
PC-based Biomedical Instrument: Pow Er Supply O Utput
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Microcontroller Based Biomedical Instrument
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Microcontroller
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A/D Converter
M icroprocessor
Serial
Com m unication
Interface
Example: MC68HC11
M Motorola’s general mcu family
68HC Motorola HCMOS (high-density complementary
metal oxide semiconductor)
11 MC68HC11 family
Microprocessors
A microprocessor performs
• a small set of very simple tasks.
• a pre-determined series of steps according to a set of
instructions (assembly language)
• the operations very quickly
D0
analog input D1
A/D
Converter D2
D3
Timing
Signal
D0
D1 analog output
D /A
D2 Converter
D3
Timing
Signal
NOT
A B
0 1
1 0
OR
A1 A2 B
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 1
AND
A1 A2 B
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1
NOT: inverts
OR: 1 if any of its inputs is 1
0 if all inputs are 0
AND: 1 if all inputs are 1
0 if any of the input is 0
Semiconductors
Resistors V=IR
linear characteristics
Si
Si Si Si
Si Si Si
Si Si Si
Si Atoms in Lattice
n-type p-type
Si Si Si Si Si Si
Si P Si Si B Si
Si Si Si Si Si Si
Electron Hole
Electrons and holes are the particles that conduct current in solid state
electronic devices
Electron movement
Current
Hole movement
Current
Semiconductors
Doping
i) increases conductivity
ii) produces a conductor in which the electric carriers are either
predominantly holes or electrons
ND + p = NA + n
Current Conduction
Drift
V
V
E = volts / cm
L
vn = µ n E
Conductivity
σ = conductivity = q(nµ n + pµ p )
Resistance
L L
R= =ρ
Aσ A
Current Density
J = σE
Semiconductors
Current Conduction
t=t1
Diffusion
t=t2
t=t3
Diffusion Current
dn
J n = qDn
dx