An analog VLSI model of muscular contraction

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 329-342

  Hudson, Tina A ^a,b   Bragg, Julian A ^a,c   Hasler, Paul ^a   DeWeerth, Stephen P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog VLSI; Huxley's crossbridge model; Neuromorphic engineering; Sarcomere model

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FIBERS; TISSUE;

MUSCULAR CONTRACTION;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0043095402     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2003.813593     Document Type: Article

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