A low-power (∼ 600nW), fully analog integrated architecture for a voting classification algorithm is introduced. It can effectively handle multiple-input features, maintaining exceptional levels of accuracy and with very low power consumption. The proposed architecture is based on a versatile Voting algorithm that selectively incorporates one of three key classification models: Bayes or Centroid, or, the Learning Vector Quantization model; all of which are implemented using Gaussian-likelihood and Euclidean distance function circuits, as well as a current comparison circuit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel analog integrated implementation of a hardware-friendly support vector machine algorithm that can be a part of a classification system is presented in this work. The utilized architecture is capable of on-chip learning, making the overall circuit completely autonomous at the cost of power and area efficiency. Nonetheless, using subthreshold region techniques and a low power supply voltage (at only 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper presents a new analog front-end classification system that serves as a wake-up engine for digital back-ends, targeting embedded devices for epileptic seizure prediction. Predicting epileptic seizures is of major importance for the patient's quality of life as they can lead to paralyzation or even prove fatal. Existing solutions rely on power hungry embedded digital inference engines that typically consume several µW or even mW.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDynamic lung imaging is a major application of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) due to EIT's exceptional temporal resolution, low cost and absence of radiation. EIT however lacks in spatial resolution and the image reconstruction is very sensitive to mismatches between the actual object's and the reconstruction domain's geometries, as well as to the signal noise. The non-linear nature of the reconstruction problem may also be a concern, since the lungs' significant conductivity changes due to inhalation and exhalation.
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