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Design and development of the switching resonator for wirelessly powered implants
Thesis abroad
keywords IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES (IMD), INDUTIVE LINK, NEURAL INTERFACE, WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER (WPT)
Reference persons DANILO DEMARCHI, PAOLO MOTTO ROS
External reference persons Gian Luca Barbruni (gianluca.barbruni@epfl.ch)
Research Groups MiNES (Micro&Nano Electronic Systems https://mines.polito.it)
Thesis type DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTS
Description Next generation implants will be miniaturised and wirelessly powered. The standard architecture to inductively power a biomedical implant is based on an external transmitter coil and an implanted receiver coil resonating at the same operating frequency.
WIMOS-RESS (WIreless MOdular Switching RESonator System) is an innovative inductive architecture which simultaneously increases the power delivered to the load and the number of implants which can be powered at the same time.
Designing and optimizing the inductive link: electromagnetic simulations of the wireless power transmission system including the switching resonator.
Designing and making of prototypes: active circuit design and fabrication at PCB-level and fabrication of the coils.
System integration between PCB and coils.
Testing and validation and of the complete wireless system in electronic laboratory.
ICLAB - BCI group → https://www.epfl.ch/labs/iclab/index-html/bci-group/
LNE → https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lne/
MiNES group → https://mines.polito.it
Required skills A graduate student with a MSc. or experience in electronics.
Knowledge in analogue circuits; RF circuits; RF power amplifiers; class-E power amplifiers;
PLLs/DLLs; oscillators.
Basic knowledge in electromagnetism; RF matching networks; electromagnetic interferences;
wireless power transmission and wireless data communication.
Knowledge in PCB design software (e.g., Altium Designer).
Familiarity with electromagnetic simulation software (e.g., ANSYS HFSS).
Preferred: familiarity with circuit simulation software (e.g., SPICE, Cadence).
Interest, Motivation, and Commitment to the project.
Notes EPFL Workplace: Switzerland, Neuchβtel (Microcity).
Duration: 6 months internship starting from 01.02.2023 (possibility to start before).
Deadline 28/12/2023
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