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Design and development of the switching resonator for wirelessly powered implants

estero Tesi all'estero


Parole chiave IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES (IMD), INDUTIVE LINK, NEURAL INTERFACE, WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER (WPT)

Riferimenti DANILO DEMARCHI, PAOLO MOTTO ROS

Riferimenti esterni Gian Luca Barbruni (gianluca.barbruni@epfl.ch)

Gruppi di ricerca MiNES (Micro&Nano Electronic Systems — https://mines.polito.it)

Tipo tesi DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTS

Descrizione 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

Conoscenze richieste • 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.

Note • EPFL Workplace: Switzerland, Neuchβtel (Microcity).
• Duration: 6 months internship starting from 01.02.2023 (possibility to start before).


Scadenza validita proposta 28/12/2023      PROPONI LA TUA CANDIDATURA