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MRI (2016)

by

Benjamin Sporrer, Lianbo Wu, Luca Bettini, Thomas Burger, Qiuting Huang

Main Details

Application	Biomedical
Technology	130
Manufacturer	SMIC
Type	Research
Package	BGA169
Dimensions	4730μm x 4768μm
Voltage	1.2 V-0.6V
Power	230 mW (per channel)
Clock	64-450 MHz

Description

This chip is a fully integrated dual-receiver RFIC for coil arrays intended for (ultra-) high field (1.5 to 10.5T and 64 to 450MHz) scanners for clinical MRI, where requirements are considerably stricter than previously reported transceiver ICs [4,5] on palm-held NMR devices for spectroscopy or lab-on-chip applications.

Related Publication

• Benjamin Sporrer, Lianbo Wu, Luca Bettini, Christian Vogt, Jonas Reber, Josip Marjanovic, Thomas Burger, David O. Brunner, Gerhard Troester, Klaas P. Pruessmann, Qiuting Huang, "A sub-1dB NF dual-channel on-coil CMOS receiver for Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Proceedings of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2017, pp 454-455, DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870457