A fully integrated two-channel A/D interface for the acquisition of cardiac signals in implantable pacemakers

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1083-1093

  Gerosa, Andrea ^a   Maniero, Andrea ^a   Neviani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog to digital converter; Biomedical; Cardiac pacemaker; Sigma delta

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OPTIMIZATION; PACEMAKERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; CHANNEL LENGTH; END-OF-LIFE (EOL) VOLTAGE; SIGMA-DELTA;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 3042701344     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.829921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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