A low-frequency versatile wireless power transfer technology for biomedical implants

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-535

  Jiang, Hao ^a   Zhang, Junmin ^a   Lan, Di ^a   Chao, Kelvin K ^a   Liou, Shyshenq ^a   Shahnasser, Hamid ^a   Fechter, Richard ^b   Hirose, Shinjiro ^b   Harrison, Michael ^b   Roy, Shuvo ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical implants; inductive coupling; wireless power transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; POWER DELIVERY EFFICIENCIES; RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER;

BIOSENSORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIO RECEIVERS; TISSUE;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIO WAVES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881044299     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2220763     Document Type: Article

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