Table 1 Biomedical applications and their specifications.

From: Design of low power energy efficient sigma-delta ADC for biomedical IoT applications

Biomedical application

Sampling rate (Hz)

Signal amplitude (mVpp)

Signal bandwidth (Hz)

Power consumption (\(\upmu \hbox {W}\))

Resolution (Bits)

ECG Monitoring10

1000–10,000

0.1–10

0.05–1000

< 250

14–16

EEG Monitoring11

100–1000

0.01–1

0.1–1000

< 200

14

Photoplethysmograms (PPG)12

20–1000

0.01–2

10–1000

< 200

12–14

Blood Glucose Monitoring16

1–100

1–100

0.01–1000

180–200

12–14

Pulse Oximetry17

100–1000

1–20

0.1–1500

< 300

14

Blood Pressure Monitoring18

10–500

10–200

0.01–750

100–250

14

Body Temperature Monitoring19

1–100

10–100

0.01–750

< 100

12–14

Electromyogram (EMG)20

10–10,000

0.01–10

10–500

< 200

14

Phonocardiogram (PCG)21

1000–10,000

0.01–5

10–1000

< 300

14–16

Electrooculogram (EOG)22

100–500

0.1–5

0.1–100

< 100

14

Bioacoustic Signals23

10–10,000

0.01–50

10–10,000

< 300

14

Peripheral Nervous System Signals24

1000–10,000

0.01–100

100–10,000

< 300

14–16

Doppler Ultrasound25

2000–20,000

0.01–1

0.1–10,000

< 300

14

Seismocardiogram (SCG)26

100–500

0.01–1

0.1–100

< 200

14

Ligament Strain Monitoring27

10–500

0.01–5

0.1–1000

< 150

12–14