Tom Torfs

TL;DR: This multi-disciplinary program combines research on wireless ultra-low-power communications, research on 2D/3D integration and packaging platforms, energy scavenging techniques, as well as low-power and ultra- Low Power sensor circuit design.

TL;DR: A continuous time electrode skin impedance monitoring system is implemented in parallel with ECG monitoring to avoid degradation of the ECG signal quality and chopper stabilized AC current sources are adopted.

TL;DR: An ECG signal processor (ESP) is proposed for ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring systems and performs filtering, data compression, ECG classification, and encryption and a data reduction scheme is employed to reduce the on-chip memory capacity and memory access power.

TL;DR: Evaluation of contactless capacitively-coupled electrocardiography signals for the extraction of sleep apnea features and their signal classification performance suggest that using unobtrusive cardiac signals forThe automatic detection ofSleep apnea can achieve similar performance as contact signals, and indicates clinical value of ccECG.

TL;DR: The design of an ECG chip that facilitates non-contact ECG recording through capacitive coupling is presented, obtaining ECG waves and heart rate in the presence of motion artifacts as well as ambient interference.