Very low-noise ENG amplifier system using CMOS technology

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-437

  Rieger, Robert ^a   Schuettler, Martin ^b   Pal, Dipankar ^c   Clarke, Chris ^d   Langlois, Peter ^e   Taylor, John ^d   Donaldson, Nick ^e  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multielectrode cuff; Nerve cuff; Tripolar recording

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

ELECTRONEUROGRAPHIC SIGNALS; MULTIELECTRODE CUFF; NERVE CUFF; TRIPOLAR RECORDING;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FROG; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846295213     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.886731     Document Type: Article

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