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2502
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Overview

Patrick P. Mercier is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Their recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary applications spanning biomedical engineering and advanced circuit design. Notable papers include:

  • "An integrated wearable microneedle array for the continuous monitoring of multiple biomarkers in interstitial fluid," 2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • "Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials," 2022, Science
  • "Neural recording and stimulation using wireless networks of microimplants," 2021, Nature Electronics
  • "A self-powered ingestible wireless biosensing system for real-time in situ monitoring of gastrointestinal tract metabolites," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "In-ear integrated sensor array for the continuous monitoring of brain activity and of lactate in sweat," 2023, Nature Biomedical Engineering

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dinesh Bharadia
  • Joseph Wang
  • Jiannan Huang
  • Gert Cauwenberghs
  • Manideep Dunna

Best Publications

  • A wearable chemical-electrophysiological hybrid biosensing system for real-time health and fitness monitoring

    Somayeh Imani;Amay J. Bandodkar;A. M. Vinu Mohan;Rajan Kumar

  • An integrated wearable microneedle array for the continuous monitoring of multiple biomarkers in interstitial fluid

    Unknown

  • Wearable salivary uric acid mouthguard biosensor with integrated wireless electronics

    Jayoung Kim;Somayeh Imani;William R. de Araujo;Julian Warchall

  • Noninvasive Alcohol Monitoring Using a Wearable Tattoo-Based Iontophoretic-Biosensing System

    Jayoung Kim;Itthipon Jeerapan;Somayeh Imani;Thomas N. Cho

  • Simultaneous Monitoring of Sweat and Interstitial Fluid Using a Single Wearable Biosensor Platform.

    Jayoung Kim;Juliane R. Sempionatto;Somayeh Imani;Martin C. Hartel

  • Soft, stretchable, high power density electronic skin-based biofuel cells for scavenging energy from human sweat

    Amay J. Bandodkar;Jung-Min You;Nam-Heon Kim;Yue Gu

  • Non-invasive mouthguard biosensor for continuous salivary monitoring of metabolites.

    Jayoung Kim;Gabriela Valdés-Ramírez;Amay J. Bandodkar;Wenzhao Jia

  • Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials

    Unknown

  • Eyeglasses based wireless electrolyte and metabolite sensor platform

    Juliane R. Sempionatto;Tatsuo Nakagawa;Adriana Pavinatto;Samantha T. Mensah

  • Energy extraction from the biologic battery in the inner ear.

    Patrick P Mercier;Andrew C Lysaght;Andrew C Lysaght;Saurav Bandyopadhyay;Anantha P Chandrakasan

  • Design and Analysis of a Three-Phase Wireless Charging System for Lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

    Tianze Kan;Ruikun Mai;Patrick P. Mercier;Chunting Chris Mi

  • 23.2 A 1.1nW energy harvesting system with 544pW quiescent power for next-generation implants

    Saurav Bandyopadhyay;Patrick P. Mercier;Andrew C. Lysaght;Konstantina M. Stankovic

  • Wearable textile biofuel cells for powering electronics

    Wenzhao Jia;Xuan Wang;Xuan Wang;Somayeh Imani;Amay J. Bandodkar

  • A pulsed UWB receiver SoC for insect motion control

    D.C. Daly;P.P. Mercier;M. Bhardwaj;A.L. Stone

  • Neural recording and stimulation using wireless networks of microimplants

    Jihun Lee;Vincent Leung;Ah-Hyoung Lee;Ah-Hyoung Lee;Jiannan Huang

  • An Energy-Efficient All-Digital UWB Transmitter Employing Dual Capacitively-Coupled Pulse-Shaping Drivers

    P.P. Mercier;D.C. Daly;A.P. Chandrakasan

  • A self-powered ingestible wireless biosensing system for real-time in situ monitoring of gastrointestinal tract metabolites

    Unknown

  • A Near-Zero-Power Wake-Up Receiver Achieving −69-dBm Sensitivity

    Po-Han Peter Wang;Haowei Jiang;Li Gao;Pinar Sen

  • In-ear integrated sensor array for the continuous monitoring of brain activity and of lactate in sweat

    Unknown

  • Wireless Power Transfer With Concurrent 200-kHz and 6.78-MHz Operation in a Single-Transmitter Device

    Dukju Ahn;Patrick P. Mercier

  • A Recursive Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter Achieving $2^{N}-1$ Ratios With High Efficiency Over a Wide Output Voltage Range

    Loai G. Salem;Patrick P. Mercier

  • Low-Power Impulse UWB Architectures and Circuits

    A.P. Chandrakasan;F.S. Lee;D.D. Wentzloff;V. Sze

  • Re-usable electrochemical glucose sensors integrated into a smartphone platform.

    Amay J. Bandodkar;Somayeh Imani;Rogelio Nuñez-Flores;Rajan Kumar

  • A 1.1 nW Energy-Harvesting System with 544 pW Quiescent Power for Next-Generation Implants

    Saurav Bandyopadhyay;Patrick Philip Mercier;Andrew Christopher Lysaght;Konstantina M. Stankovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Wang
Joseph Wang University of California, San Diego
Gert Cauwenberghs
Gert Cauwenberghs University of California, San Diego
Arto V. Nurmikko
Arto V. Nurmikko Brown University
Gabriel M. Rebeiz
Gabriel M. Rebeiz University of California, San Diego
Chung-Kuan Cheng
Chung-Kuan Cheng University of California, San Diego
David D. Wentzloff
David D. Wentzloff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter M. Asbeck
Peter M. Asbeck University of California, San Diego
Ramesh R. Rao
Ramesh R. Rao University of California, San Diego
Darren J. Lipomi
Darren J. Lipomi University of California, San Diego

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