Miniature pressure system with a capacitive sensor and a passive telemetry link for use in implantable applications

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-23

  Chatzandroulis, Stavros ^a   Tsoukalas, Dimitris ^a   Neukomm, Peter A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROCONTROLLERS; PARTIAL PRESSURE SENSORS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSPONDERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; PASSIVE TELEMETRY; SILICON GERMANIUM BORON;

TELEMETERING;

EID: 0033877225     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/84.825772     Document Type: Article

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