A fully passive wireless backscattering neurorecording microsystem embedded in dispersive human-head phantom medium

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 908-910

  Schwerdt, Helen N ^a   Miranda, Félix A ^b   Chae, Junseok ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological microelectromechanical systems (bio MEMS); electromagnetic (EM) backscattering; neural recording

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; BIOLOGICAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (BIO-MEMS); HUMAN HEAD; HUMAN-HEAD PHANTOM; INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS; MICROFABRICATED; NEURAL RECORDINGS; POWER SOURCES; RANDOM SCATTERING; WIRELESS MEASUREMENTS;

ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING; BIOMEMS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS;

MICROSYSTEMS;

EID: 84861659175     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2190967     Document Type: Article

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