A partial-current-steering biphasic stimulation driver for vestibular prostheses

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-113

  Constandinou, Timothy G ^a,b   Georgiou, Julius ^b   Toumazou, Christofer ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Artificial electrical stimulation; Biphasic; Bipolar; Continuous interleave sampling; Current steering; Neural stimulation; Neuroprosthetic; Vestibular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; STEERING;

ARTIFICIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; BIPHASIC; BIPOLAR; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; CONTINUOUS INTERLEAVE SAMPLING; CURRENT-STEERING; NEURAL STIMULATION; NEUROPROSTHETIC; STIMULATION ELECTRODES; VESTIBULAR PROSTHESIS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 52249120993     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2008.927238     Document Type: Article

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