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Wearables and Healthcare : ASIC Design and Supply

EnSilica is your trusted partner focused on custom ASIC design for wearables, healthcare and medical OEMs looking to deliver reliable, leading-edge solutions across a wide range of applications.

ASIC development can reduce BOM cost by as much as 80% but has historically been reserved for companies who had the high-volume production required to justify the up-front NRE costs.   This has now changed.  The benefits of the ASIC small form factor, reliability, environmental robustness, IP protection, functional safety and security of supply now provide the compelling business case required for many applications in the medical and healthcare markets.

Smart healthcare is driving the development of new classes of devices for monitoring and control to achieve improved health outcomes while also providing cost savings that far outweigh the investment in the underlying technology.

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Vital Signs Healthcare Sensor Interface IC for Low Power Applications

ENS62020 can be interfaced with an array of ultra low-power biometric sensor front-ends for vital signs monitoring for healthcare and wearable applications. It is designed to be used alongside an edge processor or communication devices.

ENS62020 supports the accurate and reliable measurement of ECG, optical signals (PPG (HR), blood oxygen (SpO2), near infrared spectroscopy, fluorescent glucose sensing), temperature and differential capacitance.

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Wearables/Healthcare experience

  • Vital signs sensor interfacing monitoring
    • Photoplethysmography (PPG)
    • Electrocardiography (ECG)
    • Impedance pneumography
    • Blood Oxygen (SpO2) measurement
    • Near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS)
    • Fluorescent glucose sensing ( non-invasive to body tissue)
    • Body temperature sensors
  • Differential capacitive sensors
  • Electrochemical sensor interfacing
  • Hearing aids
  • Lab-on chip interfaces
  • Designing and integrating wireless interfaces including NFC/RFID and BLE

Connectivity

A wide range of connectivity options can be integrated into an ASIC by our skilled silicon engineers who have extensive RF and digital expertise working with both internal and third-party silicon IP.  Wireless options for Healthcare and Wearables applications include: Bluetooth Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), NFC/RFID, Wi-Fi (802.11),  802.15.4 (Zigbee/6LowPAN) and  802.15.6 (wireless body area networks).  EnSilica have developed custom sub-GHz and GHz radio systems.

Sensing and Control

Our pedigree in analog covers low-noise sensor interfaces as well as high-voltage sensing and control using high voltage semiconductor processes.  For industrial control applications this includes motor and solenoid controllers, LED and laser drivers, and for industrial sensing; low noise frontends, sense amplifiers, sigma-delta and SAR ADC designs.  For medical applications we have experience working with ECG, respiration, pulse rate and temperature monitoring as well as design lab-on-chip based electrochemical sensors.

EnSilica – Simplifying Your Path to ASIC Deployment

EnSilica’s engineers live and breathe ASIC development every day and apply their in-depth knowledge to ensure that every project meets its requirements and is delivered on-time, on budget and right first-time.  Our wealth of experience combined with our Custom ASIC and full-flow ASIC Design Services enable OEMs and IC design teams to overcome the challenges in complex ASIC design, including:

  • Increasing design complexity and timescale pressure
  • Advances in silicon process capability
  • Performance, cost, and power optimisation
  • Verification complexity and coverage
  • IP selection and integration
  • New EDA tools and methodologies

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ASIC Benefits

  • Reduced BOM
  • Increased performance
  • Lower power consumption
  • Added functionality
  • Enhanced security
  • Smaller size and weight
  • Improved IP protection
  • Improved yields
  • Reduced test and assembly costs
  • Improved Reliability

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If you are looking for an industrial or healthcare ASIC development and supply partner with the right expertise and experience to bring your next product to market quickly and efficiently then please get in touch for an initial discussion or to request an ASIC Design Consultation.

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