This book provides, for the first time, a broad and deep treatment of the fields of both ultra low power electronics and bioelectronics. It discusses fundamental principles and circuits for ultra low power electronic design and their applications in biomedical systems. It also discusses how ultra-energy-efficient cellular and neural systems in biology can inspire revolutionary low power architectures in mixed-signal and RF electronics. The book presents a unique, unifying view of ultra low power analog and digital electronics and emphasizes the use of the ultra-energy-efficient subthreshold regime of transistor operation in both. Chapters on batteries, energy harvesting, and the future of energy provide an understanding of fundamental relationships between energy use and energy generation at small scales and at large scales. A wealth of insights and examples from brain implants, cochlear implants, bio-molecular sensing, cardiac devices, and bio-inspired systems make the book useful and engaging for students and practicing engineers.

Author: Rahul Sarpeshkar
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/22/2010
Pages: 910
Weight: 3.5lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.30w x 2.20d
ISBN: 9780521857277


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2010 pg. 162

About the Author
Sarpeshkar, Rahul: - Rahul Sarpeshkar leads a research group on bioelectronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been a Professor since 1999. This book is based on material from a course that Professor Sarpeshkar has taught at MIT for 10 years, where he has received both the Junior Bose Award and the Ruth and Joel Spira Award for excellence in teaching. He has won several awards for his interdisciplinary bioengineering research including the Packard Fellow Award given to outstanding faculty.