Wireless front-end with power management for an implantable cardiac microstimulator

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-38

  Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^a   Hsieh, Cheng Han ^a   Yang, Chung Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Charge pump; inductive coupling; microstimulator; power management; PSK demodulator; rectifier; regulator

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMP; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; MICROSTIMULATORS; POWER MANAGEMENTS; RECTIFIER; REGULATOR;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMODULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEART; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; HEART; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEART; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84856490406     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2162409     Document Type: Article

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