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A Study on Intrinsic Noise of Capacitively Coupled Active Electrode

용량성 결합 능동 전극의 내부 잡음 분석

  • Received : 2011.11.04
  • Accepted : 2012.02.02
  • Published : 2012.01.30
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Abstract

The indirect-contact ECG measurement is a newly developed method for unconstrained and nonconscious measurement in daily Life. This study is the first step to reducing the large background noise appearing in indirect-contact ECG. This study built the thermal noise model of capacitively coupled active electrode which is used in indirect-contact ECG. The results show that the level of thermal noise estimated by the thermal noise model is much the same as that of actual background noise for the capacitively coupled active electrode alone. By applying the actual electrical properties of a sample cotton cloth to the thermal noise model, the theoretical level of thermal noise in the indirect-contact ECG was estimated. The results also show that the level of op-amp's intrinsic noise is so small that it can be negligible in comparison with thermal noise of resistors. The relationship between the level of thermal noise and the resistance of the bias resistor was derived, and it is the base for the further study how to choice the optimal resistance for the bias resistor.

간접접촉 심전도 측정(Indirect-Contact ECG)은 일상생활에서의 무구속 무자각 측정에 적합한 새로운 심전도 측정 방법이다. 간접접촉 심전도 측정 에 서 관측되는 큰 배경 잡음을 줄이기 위한 기초 연구로서, 본 연구에서는 간접 접촉 심전도에서 사용되는 용량성 결합 능동 전극(Capacitively coupled active electrode)의 열잡음(Thermal Noise) 모델을 구성하였다. 실험을 통해, 용량성 결합 능동 전극만의 배경 잡음의 크기가 열잡음 모델에서 예상한 수준과 거의 일치함을 확인하였다. 면으로 된 직물의 실제의 전기적 특성을 열잡음 모델에 적용하여, 면 위에서 측정된 간접접촉 심전도의 이론적 열잡음을 계산하였다. 이 연구를 통해, op-amp의 내부 잡음(intrinsic noise)은 저항에 의한 열잡음에 비해 무시할 수 있을 정도로 작음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 열잡음의 크기와 능동 전극의 입력 저항간의 관계를 도출할 수 있게 되어, 능동 전극의 입력 저항의 최적 값 선정을 위한 향후 연구의 기반이 되었다.

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