Dialogue ADI sharing wireless technology to develop new perspectives

Medical electronic devices in home and remote connectivity to a high demand, especially in wireless technology.

Correspond to the rapid development of wireless technology have also contributed to the rise of wireless medical acceleration. For example, in a foreign country, 3 g technology has revolutionized medical health services and nursing care for patients bring countless new possibilities, the patient and the doctor can keep in touch, be ready to view patient data, and also can remotely monitor patient health status, and grant remote orders. Recently, invasive e era website press invited to the United States analog devices (ADI) Asia-Pacific industry marketing director Paul von Dr. wireless technology in the medical application of electronic equipment, technical bottlenecks and to explore such issues as the solution.

"The market, medical drive semiconductor steady line

In recent years medical market in China's growth is obvious, semiconductor growth is also very obvious.

Zhou Wen sheng said that even in 2009, the global economic downturn environment, ADI in China's health care business is still growing. At the same time, as the world economy recovers, ADI is on medical and electronic industry's future development with confidence. He said, short term growth is still mainly from traditional medical equipment industry (including major devices of portable products), for example medical ultrasound, monitors, etc. At the same time the medical equipment of high-precision and portable, as well as the development of domestic medical e will also be promoting the associated with the rapid advances in technology.

Zhou Wen sheng also pointed out that in the next few years, with the industry standards, technologies and related policy matures, medical devices, portable and home healthcare-related industries will lead to faster growth in the industry.

Intensification of population ageing, home care type of application is the future trend of development. In addition to now have more application in the home blood glucose, blood pressure measurement, ADI expected future ECG equipment will go into the home. There will be more participants to this sector, will explore the different business models. Portable medical equipment, home of the future medical devices market in strong impetus. Future home healthcare equipment of two key characteristics for the connectivity and power consumption.

In addition, as the medical industry, many of the original is considered a medical industry edge industries such as home care system-related insurance will also be more and more involved in the construction of the medical industry.

However, because there is not yet implemented extensive interoperability, so for medical systems and information technology industry, this is an emerging development goals.

Break points, wireless technology is stable and reliable bi-directional development

Turning to wireless technology market, Paul Sheng pointed out that at present, there are various wireless technologies such as GPRS, market, wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID radio frequency technology growth quickly, hospital equipment, such as wireless multi-parameter monitor, there are also some home or remote monitoring equipment such as fall monitoring, etc.

For home-use medical devices in the design of the main challenge is to satisfy the portable size, make battery life longer power, can have a smart device of ease of use, you can be the specialist for wireless transmission and data analysis of the network and the customer's cost.

Wireless technology has another technical difficulty that the stability and reliability of communication (especially because of the terminal equipment of the uncertainty of the environment). Zhou Wen sheng said the medical electronics on wireless technology reliability requirements are higher, and this is why ADI's RF transceiver ADF701X and ADF702X series series has been focused on the performance and reliability. To help system builders overcome these challenges, ADI has been committed to in the following areas to help them resolve these challenges: committed to core technology, such as amplifier/converter/processor, to implement the stability and reliability of communication. In addition, ADI and increase the integration programme and power solutions, to meet system for dimensions and power consumption.

Zhou Wen sheng said, I believe along with related standards gradually determined that wireless technology will be more mature application that led to the medical electronics industry revolutionary change: on the one hand can improve early diagnosis and prevention of proportion, on the other hand will help medical resources allocation and sharing; it also offers medical services process streamlining and efficiency improvement.

With the advantage, favor ADI comprehensive solutions

At present, the ADI for healthcare users can be used for imaging and patient monitoring, instrumentation, and consumer and home health care and other fields of linear and mixed-signal, MEMS and digital signal processing technology for comprehensive product portfolio.

ADI offers a system-level technical support, long-term commitment to the scheme of the system. ADI's core technologies and systems expertise for medical device manufacturers in healthcare design differentiation, effectively support future diagnosis, monitoring devices, and health and nursing equipment development and innovation. Zhou Wen sheng on Blackfin ® processor, with a series of innovative architecture features, built-in power management programmes to reduce processor-level and system-level power, help medical device manufacturers to implement a centralized digital signal processing, high-performance mobility, continuous, real-time data acquisition and signal processing, etc. ADI products and technology of the future main development direction including increasing universal devices product series, the development of alternative products simplify circuit design, and develop specific chip.

ADI dedicated to medical electronics market provides an appropriate solution, and scientific research institutions, to cooperate in semiconductor technology, research and development of ING rich programme provides customers with reliable technical support.

On the chip, ADI offers a range of product certification, and various authentication information can be queried through the ADI Site. Thus at the same time, the ADI is also committed to providing customers with system-level solutions and technical support, including reference designs to help customers design and excellent performance of medical products, and accelerate time to market. ADI for rural clinics or family compact and portable devices, continues to drive technology innovation, product setMeter on continuous improvement will reduce the size of the wireless base station, the lower the power consumption.

Double devotion, lead technical innovation for industry "speech right."

ADI while continuing to technically constantly increasing investment, including the traditional core products (such as general purpose amplifiers, converters, DSP, power, etc.), also includes new core technologies (such as magnetic coupling isolation iCOUPLER technology, MEMS micro electro mechanical systems), as well as application specific standard products (such as ultrasound, CT AD927X analog front-end analog front-end ADAS1128, etc.).

It is worth mentioning that in March of this year, ADI has introduced in the MRI System, you can improve the image quality and can be applied to high-intensity magnetic intensity gradient for precise control, thereby achieving very high image resolution and contrast with high accuracy 20-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), AD5791 with low noise, low drift and high linearity performance AD5791, eliminates the need for system calibration cycle causes of MRI system frequently offline, effectively extending the working time of MRI System. The new converter also reduces the need for complex calibration algorithm, which can reduce engineering and system maintenance costs. System performance in all aspects of the challenge, on-chip, including signal conditioning circuits, ADC/DAC, processor, power supply, interface, etc. But the dongle as analog and digital worlds of bridges is the signal path of the most challenging of a technology, including common ADC/DAC as well as integrated front-end as AD927X and ADAS1128. As the world's largest supplier of converters, ADI will continue to invest in leading the development of related technologies, solve problems for medical customers.

On the other hand, ADI has been actively involved in the relevant standards by promoting, for example, home health care product-related standards, including the communication standards in ICT, 2010 to increase investment in this area.

If the ADF702X ISM band transceivers; ADuM4160 is ADI this year published the industry's first single-chip USB magnetic separation package conforms to IEC60601-1 and medical standards, in order to effectively ensure electrical safety, implementation of remote access and control.