A high-voltage bipolar transconductance amplifier for electrotactile stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2433-2443

  Schaning, Matthew A ^a   Kaczmarek, Kurt A ^b  

^a Energy Based Devices ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Current control; Electrocutaneous; Electrotactile; Transconductance amplifier (TA)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS;

CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTROCUTANEOUS; ELECTROTACTILE; TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER (TA);

TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SKIN STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; FINGERS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH;

EID: 53549090709     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.926675     Document Type: Article

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