OTA-C Filters for Biomedical Signal Processing Applications using Hybrid CMOS-CNFET Technology

Analog filters for biomedical signal processing applications deals with very slow or low frequency electrical activities of the physiological signals. This paper proposes first order, second order, fifth order elliptic low pass, second order notch and high pass OTA-C filters using hybrid CMOS-CNFET technology. Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNFETs) and CMOS devises can be heterogeneously integrated on a single 3-D chip to realize important signal processing building blocks such as OTA-C filters. Proposed circuits uses hybrid CMOS-CNFET Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) as a building block for OTA-C filters. Realized filter circuits satisfy ultra-low power consumption requirement of wearable and implantable biomedical devices. The transistors used in the circuit operate in weak inversion to achieve ultra-low power consumption.