A linear voltage regulator for an implantable device monitoring system

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Crepaldi, Paulo Cesar ^a   Pimenta, Tales C ^a   Moreno, Robson L ^a   Rodriguez, Edgard Charry ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Implanted device; Linear voltage regulator; RFID

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL STRUCTURES; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; HIGH ENERGY; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IMPLANTED DEVICE; LINE REGULATION; LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATORS; LOAD REGULATIONS; LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; LOW-POWER OPERATION; MAXIMUM LOAD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PASSIVE RFID; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; RF LINKS; RFID; SILICON AREA; TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RADIO NAVIGATION; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 77956772811     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-010-9463-y     Document Type: Article

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