Investigation of a microwave data telemetry link for a retinal prosthesis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1925-1933

  Gosalia, Keyoor ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^a   Humayun, Mark ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna coupling; Data telemetry; Dosimetry; Retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TELEMETERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA COUPLING; DATA TELEMETRY; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; RETINAL PROSTHESIS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 4043079815     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832007     Document Type: Article

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