Right leg drive through conductive chassis
The disclosed biopotential measurement device may include a biopotential measurement circuit and a right leg drive (“RLD”) circuit coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit. The device may also include electrodes coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit and a chassis housing the biopotential measurement circuit and the RLD circuit. The chassis may include a conductive portion, coupled to the RLD circuit, that may serve as an RLD electrode for the RLD circuit. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
1 . A biopotential measurement device comprising:
a biopotential measurement circuit;
a right leg drive circuit coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit;
a first electrode coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit;
a second electrode coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit; and
a chassis housing the biopotential measurement circuit and the right leg drive circuit, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on a planar surface of the chassis, the planar surface comprising a conductive surface made of a conductive material and extending over an entirety of the planar surface excluding the first and second electrodes, the conductive surface being coupled to the right leg drive circuit and surrounding the first electrode and the second electrode.
2 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a shield layer opposite the conductive surface; and
a skin interface portion, wherein the biopotential measurement circuit is between the shield layer and the conductive surface and the skin interface portion at least partially surrounds the biopotential measurement circuit such that the shield layer, skin interface portion, and the conductive surface forms a Faraday cage that electrically shields the biopotential measurement circuit.
3 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 2 , wherein the shield layer comprises a top layer of the biopotential measurement circuit.
4 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 3 , wherein the biopotential measurement circuit comprises at least one of a printed circuit board or a flexible circuit.
5 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 2 , wherein the skin interface portion comprises at least one of a foam material, a rubber material, a plastic material, a hard electrode, or a pogo pin.
6 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 2 , wherein the shield layer, the skin interface portion, and the conductive surface form the Faraday cage for electrically shielding the right leg drive circuit.
7 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive material comprises at least one of a metal, an impregnated plastic, or a conductive coating.
8 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive surface drives a right leg drive signal from the right leg drive circuit to a body part touching the conductive surface.
9 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 8 , wherein the right leg drive signal comprises a known voltage.
10 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 8 , wherein the right leg drive signal comprises an inverse noise signal.
11 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the biopotential measurement device comprises a watch form factor.
12 . The biopotential measurement device of claim 11 , wherein the conductive material is a conductive coating applied to a non-conductive surface of the chassis.
13 . A system comprising:
at least one physical processor;
physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions; and
a biopotential measurement device communicatively coupled to the at least one physical processor, comprising:
a biopotential measurement circuit;
a right leg drive circuit coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit;
a first electrode coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit;
a second electrode coupled to the biopotential measurement circuit; and
a chassis housing the biopotential measurement circuit and the right leg drive circuit, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on a planar surface of the chassis, the planar surface comprising a conductive surface made of a conductive material and extending over an entirety of the planar surface excluding the first and second electrodes, the conductive surface being coupled to the right leg drive circuit and surrounding the first electrode and the second electrode.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the biopotential measurement device further comprises:
a shield layer opposite the conductive surface; and
a skin interface portion,
wherein the biopotential measurement circuit is between the shield layer and the conductive surface and the skin interface portion at least partially surrounds the biopotential measurement circuit such that the shield layer, skin interface portion, and the conductive surface forms a Faraday cage that electrically shields the biopotential measurement circuit.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein: the shield layer comprises a top layer of the biopotential measurement circuit; the biopotential measurement circuit comprises at least one of a printed circuit board or a flexible circuit; and the skin interface portion comprises at least one of a foam material, a rubber material, a plastic material, a hard electrode, or a pogo pin.
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the conductive surface drives a right leg drive signal from the right leg drive circuit to a body part touching the conductive surface, wherein the right leg drive signal comprises at least one of a known voltage or an inverse noise signal.
17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one physical processor and the physical memory comprise an artificial reality system.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the biopotential measurement device sends data from the biopotential measurement circuit to the artificial reality system.
19 . A method comprising:
coupling a right leg drive circuit to a biopotential measurement circuit;
coupling a first electrode to the biopotential measurement circuit;
coupling a second electrode to the biopotential measurement circuit;
coupling a conductive surface of a chassis to the right leg drive circuit,
wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on a planar surface of the chassis comprising the conductive surface, and the conductive surface is made of a conductive material and extends over an entirety of the planar surface excluding the first and second electrodes, the conductive surface surrounding the first electrode and the second electrode; and
placing the biopotential measurement circuit and the right leg drive circuit inside the chassis.
20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising placing a shield layer opposite the conductive surface and a skin interface portion at least partially around the biopotential measurement circuit to form a Faraday cage that electrically shields the biopotential measurement circuit.