A Small Size Large Voltage Compliance Programmable Current Source for Biomedical Implantable Microstimulators

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1979-1982

  Ghovanloo, Maysam ^a   Najafi, Khalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical implant; CMOS; Current source; Electrical stimulation; Triode region; Voltage compliance

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RESISTORS; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL IMPLANT; CURRENT SOURCE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRIODE REGION; VOLTAGE COMPLIANCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542301492     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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