A closed-loop remote powering link for wireless cortical implants

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3226-3235

  Silay, Kanber Mithat ^a,b   Dehollain, Catherine ^a   Declercq, Michel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Miromico AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

closed loop control; implant packaging; in vitro characterization; inductive power transmission; remote powering; Wireless cortical implant

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; FEED BACK INFORMATION; IN-VITRO; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSIONS; MEASUREMENT SETUP; POWER TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; REMOTE POWERING; WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFERS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84881457299     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2259621     Document Type: Article

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