A 2.4 GHz ULP reconfigurable asymmetric transceiver for single-chip wireless neural recording IC

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-509

  Tan, Jun ^a   Liew, Wen Sin ^a   Heng, Chun Huat ^a   Lian, Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; class E; neural recording; power efficiency; reconfigurable; transceiver; ultra low power; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ASYMMETRIC; CLASS E; NEURAL RECORDINGS; POWER EFFICIENCY; RECONFIGURABLE; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEVICES; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NEURONS; RATS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84905389940     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2290533     Document Type: Article

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