Analysis and design of RF power and data link using amplitude modulation of class-e for a novel bone conduction implant

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 11 PART1, 2012, Pages 3050-3059

  Taghavi, Hamidreza ^a   Hkansson, Bo ^a   Reinfeldt, Sabine ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation (AM); bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA); bone conduction devices; bone conduction implant (BCI); class e power amplifier; data link; implantable hearing devices; implantable transducer; low power systems; radio frequency (RF) power

Indexed keywords

BONE CONDUCTION; BONE-ANCHORED HEARING AIDS; CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIERS; DATA LINK; HEARING DEVICES; LOW-POWER SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER;

AUDITION; BONE; HEARING AIDS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO WAVES; TITANIUM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

TITANIUM;

AIR CONDUCTION; AMPLIFIER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE CONDUCTION HEARING AID; BONE SCREW; COCHLEA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EARDRUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PERFORMANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN REDNESS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SKULL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VIBRATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84868102957     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2213252     Document Type: Article

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