Design, fabrication, and application of bio-implantable acoustic power transmission

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 494-502

  Shih, Po Jen ^a   Shih, Wen Pin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acoustic devices; Piezoelectric resonators; Power transmission

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC POWER; BIO-IMPLANTABLE; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; IMPLANTED DEVICE; INCIDENT WAVES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATORS; SKIN SURFACES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTICS; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GELS; PACKAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS;

EID: 77953122396     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2010.2042568     Document Type: Article

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