Transcutaneous DC-DC converter for totally implantable artificial heart using synchronous rectifier

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 5118-5120

  Matsuki, Hidetoshi ^a   Yamakata, Yoshihiko ^a   Chubachi, Noriyoshi ^a   Nitta, Slim Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

IMPLANTED RECHARGEABLE BATTERY; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSMISSION; VIBRATING FLOW PUMP;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 0030246232     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.539509     Document Type: Article

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