A variable range Bi-phasic current stimulus driver circuitry for an implantable retinal prosthetic device

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 763-770

  Sivaprakasam, Mohanasankar ^a   Humayun, Mark S ^b   Liu, Wentai ^a   Weiland, James D ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Implantable devices; Microstimulator; Retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MOSFET DEVICES; PROSTHETICS;

BIOMEDICAL; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; MICROSTIMULATORS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 16244368094     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.843630     Document Type: Article

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