An implantable wireless bidirectional communication microstimulator for neuromuscular stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2526-2538

  Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^a   Lee, Shyh Chyang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bidirectional; CMOS; Microstimulator; Neuro muscular stimulation; Radio frequency (RF); Wireless

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MICROSTIMULATOR; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) FRONT-END CIRCUITS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

EID: 29344438427     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.857770     Document Type: Article

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