{"title":"Common-Mode Interference in Biopotential Amplifiers: Modeling, Analysis, and Design Strategies for Various Recording Setups","authors":"Seung-gi Hyoung;Nahmil Koo","doi":"10.1109/TBCAS.2025.3624394","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This review provides a comprehensive overview of techniques for mitigating common-mode interference (CMI) in biopotential analog front-ends (AFEs). The mechanisms of CMI generation in various biopotential measurement scenarios, including neurostimulation and two-electrode ECG, are modeled electrically. The impact of CMI on signal quality is analyzed from both small-signal and large-signal views, highlighting the scenario-dependent nature of the CMI issue. Techniques for improving the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) are introduced to suppress CMI in small-signal conditions. The concept of total CMRR (TCMRR), which incorporates the effect of asymmetric contact impedance, is reviewed, and corresponding design strategies for maximizing TCMRR are analyzed. In the large-signal view, CMI-induced distortion and approaches for enhancing tolerance CMI are discussed, addressing both sub-supply and over-supply CMI scenarios. By analyzing mitigation techniques across different measurement contexts, this review offers practical design insights to guide future biopotential AFE designers in selecting the most appropriate solutions.","PeriodicalId":94031,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems","volume":"20 1","pages":"3-14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11215742/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This review provides a comprehensive overview of techniques for mitigating common-mode interference (CMI) in biopotential analog front-ends (AFEs). The mechanisms of CMI generation in various biopotential measurement scenarios, including neurostimulation and two-electrode ECG, are modeled electrically. The impact of CMI on signal quality is analyzed from both small-signal and large-signal views, highlighting the scenario-dependent nature of the CMI issue. Techniques for improving the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) are introduced to suppress CMI in small-signal conditions. The concept of total CMRR (TCMRR), which incorporates the effect of asymmetric contact impedance, is reviewed, and corresponding design strategies for maximizing TCMRR are analyzed. In the large-signal view, CMI-induced distortion and approaches for enhancing tolerance CMI are discussed, addressing both sub-supply and over-supply CMI scenarios. By analyzing mitigation techniques across different measurement contexts, this review offers practical design insights to guide future biopotential AFE designers in selecting the most appropriate solutions.