A novel fully differential biopotential amplifier with DC suppression

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1444-1448

  Spinelli, Enrique Mario ^a   Martínez, Nolberto ^b,d   Mayosky, Miguel Angel ^a,b   Pallàs Areny, Ramon ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Universidad Nacional de La Plata ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

AC coupling; Biopotential amplifiers; Electrode offset potential

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES;

BIOPOTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; COMMON MODE REJECTION RATIO (CMRR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; AMPEROMETRY; AMPLIFIER; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIFFERENTIAL BIOPOTENTIAL AMPLIFIER; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; POWER SUPPLY; STANDARD;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242683475     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827931     Document Type: Article

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