A low-power bidirectional telemetry device with a near-field charging feature for a cardiac microstimulator

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-367

  Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^a   Cheng, Chih Jen ^a   Liang, Ming Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomedical telemetry; cardiac microstimulator; implantable device; inductively powering; monitoring analog front end

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FRONT END; BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; CARDIAC SIGNALS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DATA CONVERSION; DIGITAL PROCESSORS; DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG; ENTIRE SYSTEM; FULLY INTEGRATED; HEART TISSUES; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; INDUCTIVELY POWERED; INDUCTIVELY POWERING; LOW POWER; LOW-VOLTAGE; MICROSTIMULATORS; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; SELF-PROTECTIVE; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SYSTEM CONTROLLERS; TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; THRESHOLD DETECTION; TRANSMISSION DATA; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS; DATA HANDLING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MONITORING; PULSE CIRCUITS; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TISSUE;

HEART;

EID: 79960977191     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2126570     Document Type: Article

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