High-efficiency transmission for medical implants: Design considerations for an inductive power link

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-59

  Van Paernel, Mark ^a  

^a LAURA ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Design methodology; Implantable biomedical devices; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

AC SIGNALS; COUPLING FACTOR; DC VOLTAGE; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DRIVER CIRCUIT; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; POWER LINKS; QUALITY FACTORS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TRANSMISSION LINES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; ELECTRIC LINES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79551636521     PISSN: 19430582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSSC.2010.939572     Document Type: Article

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