With the increasing concern of aging population, the home monitoring application of medical equipment is also an important trend. Large medical equipment that was originally only used in large hospitals will show a trend towards miniaturization, low cost, and ease of use. In order to meet the needs of building lower level medical institutions, in addition to the widely used household blood glucose meters and blood pressure monitors, devices such as electrocardiographs will also enter households.
Portable and highly functional
Unlike hospital equipment, portable medical products require the integration of many functions onto a single microchip, resulting in higher demands for the functionality per unit volume of device. This demand allows for more precise processing of a greater variety of complex imitations and digital signals.
The development of medical electronics poses new challenges for the semiconductor industry, primarily focusing on high-resolution sensors and high-precision analog-to-digital converters in the front-end, requiring lower power consumption and better heat dissipation characteristics, as well as higher integration, reliability, and design complexity. However, portable medical devices are primarily aimed at the home care market, and the cost is also worth considering. In the past, there was a scattered situation in the field of portable devices, but with the development in recent years, portable products are no longer low-cost and low function.
For this development trend, many semiconductor providers will continue to increase investment in high-precision, highly integrated signal chain products and suitable portable power management and wireless RF products, while ensuring advantages in power consumption, volume, and cost.

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