Toward a fully integrated neurostimulator with inductive power recovery front-end

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-318

  Mounaim, Fayçal ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits; data demodulation and decoding; high voltage techniques; implantable biomedical devices; inductive power transmission; rectifiers; switched capacitor DC DC converters; voltage limiters

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DATA DEMODULATION; HIGH VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; SWITCHED-CAPACITOR DC-DC CONVERTER; VOLTAGE LIMITERS;

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RECOVERY;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER; DOG; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; INNERVATION; MICTURITION; POWER SUPPLY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS; DOGS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; URINATION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864563570     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2185796     Document Type: Article

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