High-power integrated stimulator output stages with floating discharge over a wide voltage range for nerve stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Langlois, Peter J ^a   Demosthenous, Andreas ^a   Pachnis, Ioannis ^a   Donaldson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary metal x2013; oxide semiconductor (CMOS) switch; Depletion transistor; Floating discharge; High power stimulator; Implantable circuits; Neural recording; Passive discharge; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION TRANSISTOR; FLOATING DISCHARGE; HIGH-POWER; NEURAL RECORDINGS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; PASSIVE DISCHARGE; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; MICROSENSORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 76549090675     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.2034138     Document Type: Article

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