Inductive power link for a wireless cortical implant with two-body packaging

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2825-2833

  Silay, Kanber Mithat ^a   Dehollain, Catherine ^a   Declercq, Michel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Implant packaging; inductive power transmission; rectifiers; remote powering; wireless cortical implant

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIERS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CRANIAL BONE; GATE DRIVERS; INDUCTIVE LINK; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION; LOAD POWER; NOMINAL LOADS; PARYLENE C; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER LINKS; REMOTE POWERING; SCALP THICKNESS; SHORT DISTANCES; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; PACKAGING; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80055028248     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2170676     Document Type: Article

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