Photodiode circuits for retinal prostheses

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 468-480

  Loudin, James D ^a   Cogan, Stuart F ^b   Mathieson, Keith ^a,c   Sher, Alexander ^d   Palanker, Daniel V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EIC LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical electrodes; biomedical telemetry; neural stimulation; photodiodes; retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODES; BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; CIRCUIT BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-VITRO; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; OPTICAL SAFETY; OPTOELECTRONIC RETINAL PROSTHESIS; PEAK IRRADIANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; PULSED BIAS VOLTAGE; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CHARGE INJECTION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IRIDIUM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PIXELS; PLATINUM;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 80255123758     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2144980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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