Patent ID: 9706269
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H03M,H04B,H04Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A bio-sensing processor chip comprising: a plurality of analog inputs that receive analog signals generated by bio-sensors that sense biological functions or molecules; a first section of the plurality of analog inputs, the first section of the plurality of analog inputs receiving analog signals representing coarse measurements; a second section of the plurality of analog inputs, the second section of the plurality of analog inputs receiving analog signals representing average-resolution measurements that have a higher precision than the coarse measurements; a first bio-sensor having a nano-wire with receptors bonded thereon for detecting a first biological molecule, the first bio-sensor driving one of the inputs in the second section of the plurality of analog inputs; a second bio-sensor having a nano-wire with receptors bonded thereon for detecting a second biological molecule, the second bio-sensor driving another one of the inputs in the second section of the plurality of analog inputs; a third section of the plurality of analog inputs, the third section of the plurality of analog inputs receiving analog signals representing fine measurements that have a higher precision than the average-resolution measurements; an input sensor detector/decoder that detects connected inputs in the plurality of analog inputs, the connected inputs being connected to one of the bio-sensors that is generating an analog signal received by the first, second, or third section of the plurality of analog inputs, the input sensor detector/decoder successively selecting a current connected input in the plurality of analog inputs for conversion; an Analog Front-End (AFE) that amplifies and filters the current connected input to generate a pre-processed analog signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the pre-processed analog signal to a digital value, wherein higher-precision digital values having more digital bits are generated for the third section of the plurality of analog inputs than for the first section of the plurality of analog inputs, wherein higher-precision digital values having more digital bits are generated for the third section of the plurality of analog inputs than for the second section of the plurality of analog inputs; a microcontroller that receives the digital value from the ADC and formats the digital value for wireless transmission; a bypass switch, coupled around the AFE, for bypassing another current connected input from the input sensor detector/decoder around the AFE and directly connecting the current connected input to the ADC as an input signal to the ADC in place of the pre-processed analog signal without processing by the AFE when the bypass switch is closed; wherein the microcontroller activates the bypass switch to close when the input sensor detector/decoder indicates that the current connected input is from the first section of the plurality of analog inputs, and a wireless transmitter that wirelessly transmits the digital value formatted by the microcontroller; wherein inputs of the third section of the plurality of analog inputs are grounded when not connected to a third bio-sensor; wherein a disease is diagnosed when the first section and third section of the plurality of analog inputs are grounded and the first and second biological molecules are detected, and wherein another health condition is diagnosed when the first section of the plurality of analog inputs is grounded and the third section of the plurality of analog inputs is connected to the third bio-sensor and the first and second biological molecules are detected, whereby analog inputs in the first, second, and third section of the plurality of analog inputs are auto-detected.