A micropower low-noise neural recording front-end circuit for epileptic seizure detection

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1392-1405

  Qian, Chengliang ^a   Parramon, Jordi ^b   Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Boston Scientific Neuromodulation   (United States)

Author keywords

bandpass filter; Deep brain stimulation; elliptic filter; epilepsy; fast ripples; low power low noise design; neural amplifier; noise efficiency factor; subthreshold circuit design

Indexed keywords

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELLIPTIC FILTERS; EPILEPSY; FAST RIPPLES; LOW POWER; NEURAL AMPLIFIER; NOISE EFFICIENCY FACTOR; SUBTHRESHOLD CIRCUIT DESIGN;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURGERY;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 79957639728     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2126370     Document Type: Article

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