Ultra-low-power radio architecture provides scaleable platform for medical implant applications; Optimized control-and-communications ASIC architecture for emerging high volume diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2005-CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS: Ultra-low-power radio architecture provides scaleable platform for medical implant applications; Optimized control-and-communications ASIC architecture for emerging high volume diagnostic and therapeutic applications(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Cambridge UK and Boston MA - Cambridge Consultants has designed an intelligent radio transceiver architecture that introduces a new level of power economy and performance for in-body medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The design is intended for implementation on system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and provides a control and communications platform suitable for implantable medical devices - a market currently growing at double-digit rates. The device will operate in the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) frequencies - the medical band now emerging as a global standard.

A key attribute of Cambridge Consultants' design is exceptional power economy, and the architecture would consume an average current of less than 1mA, and less than 1.7mA peak, for a 0.05% duty-cycle, 400 kbits/second bi-directional...

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