A simple dc-dc converter for the power supply of a cochlear implant

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1965-1970

  Fernandez C ^a   Garcia O ^a   Cobos, J A ^a   Uceda, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; SWITCHING;

COCHLEAR IMPLANT;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 17544399332     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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