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Abstract: The objective of this tutorial paper is to identify the various stages of ECG signal processing.The action potential created by heart wall contraction spreads electrical currents from the heart throughout the body. The spreading electrical currents create different potentials at different points on the body, which can be sensed by electrodes on the skin surface using biological transducers made of metals and salts. This electrical potential is an AC signal with bandwidth of 0.05 Hz to 100 Hz, sometimes up to 1 kHz. It is generally around 1-mV peak-topeak in the presence of much larger external high frequency noise plus 50-/60-Hz interference normal-mode (mixed with the electrode signal) and common-mode voltages (common to all electrode signals).
I. Introduction:
The action potential created by heart wall contraction spreads electrical currents from the heart throughout the body. The spreading electrical currents create different potentials at different points on the body, which can be sensed by electrodes on the skin surface using biological transducers made of metals and salts. This electrical potential is an AC signal with bandwidth of 0.05 Hz to 100 Hz, sometimes up to 1 kHz. It is generally around 1-mV peakto-peak in the presence of much larger external high frequency noise plus 50-/60-Hz interference normal-mode (mixed with the electrode signal) and common-mode voltages (common to all electrode signals).
amplifier A2. Only a few microamps or less are required to achieve significant CMR improvement and stay within the UL544 limit.
Supply Voltage As in most other applications, the system supply voltage in biophysical monitoring continues the trend toward low, single-supply levels. While bipolar supplies are still used, 5-V systems are now common and trending to single 3.3-V supplies. This trend presents a significant challenge for the designer faced with a 500-mV electrode potential and emphasizes the need for a precision signal conditioning solution. While the following discussion concentrates on the single supply design, the principles involved apply to bipolar designs as well. A list of recommended single and bipolar supply devices can be found below. Frequency Response Standard -3-dB frequency for patient monitoring is 0.05 Hz to 30 Hz, while diagnostic grade monitoring requires 0.05 Hz to 100 Hz or more. All ECG front ends must be AC coupled to remove artifacts from the electrode offset potential, though important features of the ECG waveform have extremely low frequency characteristics. Electrode Potential Because electrode potential can reach +/-500 mV, eliminating the effects of electrode potential by AC coupling at low frequency allows for precise measurements. A DC restorator amplifier in a feedback configuration nulls out the DC offset. If the left arm DC offset is +300 mV and the right arm electrode is 0-V DC, the differential input voltage is 300 mV. Because the instrumentation amp has a gain of 10, 3 V appears at the output of the instrumentation amp. With a gain of 50 or more, the output amplifier would try to drive the signal up to 150 V but never does because a feedback integrator applies an equal negative voltage to the reference point. Using this linear summing effect, the 3-V positive offset is cancelled by the negative 3-V correction voltage. The result of this DC restorator is to turn the original DCcoupled amplifier into an AC-coupled amplifier. Because the DC electrode offset has been removed, the output stage can amplify the signal to maximize the data converter input range without becoming saturated. Instrumentation Amplifier Requirements
Stability in low gain (G = 1 to 10) High common-mode rejection (CMR) Low input bias current (IB) Good swing to the output rail
Low noise in high gain (Gain = 10 to 1000) Rail-to-rail output Very low offset and drift
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