Wireless powering and the study of RF propagation through ocular tissue for development of implantable sensors

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2379-2387

  Chow, Eric Y ^a   Yang, Chin Lung ^b   Ouyang, Yuehui ^b   Chlebowski, Arthur L ^c   Irazoqui, Pedro P ^c   Chappell, William J ^b  

^a Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio sensor; biomedical applications of EM radiation; CMOS integrated circuits; EM propagation; implantable biomedical devices; RF powering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CMOS PROCESSS; CMOS RF; CMOS SYSTEMS; CURRENT LEVELS; DUTY CYCLES; EM PROPAGATION; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE SENSORS; IN-VIVO; LOW POWER; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; OCULAR TISSUE; POWER TRANSFERS; RF POWERING; RF PROPAGATION; RF RECTIFIERS; TWO STAGE; VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

BIOSENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SENSORS; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79958001081     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2144551     Document Type: Article

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