Dedicated class-E driver for large area wireless medical inspection capsules

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 1004-1007

  Jourand, Philippe ^a   Carta, Riccardo ^a   Puers, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Class E driver; Inductive powering; Medical

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD; BATTERY-LESS; CLASS E; HELMHOLTZ COIL; INDUCTIVE POWERING; MEDICAL;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 84857161365     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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