Noise analysis and performance comparison of low current measurement systems for biomedical applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-62

  Kim, Dongsoo ^a,b   Goldstein, Brian ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Sigworth, Fred J ^a   Culurciello, Eugenio ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Aptina Imaging Corporation   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical measurements; capacitive feedback; current conveyor; current measurement; integrator; low current measurement system (LCMS); low noise circuit; noise analysis; resistive feedback

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL MEASUREMENTS; CAPACITIVE FEEDBACK; CURRENT CONVEYORS; INTEGRATOR; LOW CURRENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; LOW NOISE CIRCUITS; NOISE ANALYSIS; RESISTIVE FEEDBACK;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MEASUREMENTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84902302553     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2192273     Document Type: Article

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