Medical Electronics Manufacturing
Fall 2000

Selected Contents

Electronic Packaging
Exploring the Flip Chip to Archive High Reliability

by Karl-Fredrich Becker, Andreas Ostmann, and Tom Adams

Incorporating a flip chip into a product can be a viable option for medical electronics. Production processes must be developed that achieve short assembly time, low cost, and high reliability.

Embedded Systems
Internet-Enabling Medical Electronics

by Todd Rytting

By networking devices powered by 8-tand 16-bit microcontrollers, medical device manufacturers can tap a wealth of previously inaccessible information, resulting in enhanced medical solutions and quality of care.

Embedded Systems
A High-Performance Embedded Computing Systems for Medical Applications

by Iain Goddard

The industry-standard PCI bus and RACE architecture team up to provide high bandwidth and flexible configurability.

Flex Circuits
Designing Compact Medical Devices with Flex Circuitry

by Sonny Dorren

Bendable thin circuits provide a "flexible" solution to most demands for smaller electronic packages.

Embedded Systems
A Comparison and Analysis of Software Development Platforms for Embedded Computer-controlled Medical Devices.

by Thomas Wolfgang Burger

Comparison and analysis of the many platforms available takes a little effort but can pay off by increasing the chances for a successful product launch.

Sensors
Using Solid-Sate Pressure Sensors to Optimize Respiratory-Device Applications

by Memo Romero, Raul Figueroa, and Chad Madden

Piezoresostove sensors provide real-time output signals for enhanced functionalityand offer a variety of configurations for design flexibility.

Sensors
Implications of RFICs for Medical Instrumentation

by Fredrick G. Weiss

Although much of the focus regarding the use of radio-frequency integrated circuits(RFICs) lies in the realm of audio, video, and general data transmission, a variety of possible medical uses for RFIC-based sensor-transceivers are also viable.

EMC
Setting the Standard for Hearing Aids and Electromagnetic Interference

by Daniel D. Hoolihan

Forthcoming standard ANSI C63.19 ought to clarify issues of compatibility between hearing aids and wireless telephones used by hearing-aid wearers.

ESD
Electrostatic Discharge in Medical Electronics: It's Not Just Wrist Straps Anymore

by Douglas C. Smith

Hidden sources of electrostatic discharge, from hospital-room furniture to pocketed coins, can cause interference to sensitive equipment.

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