A high-sensitivity fully passive neurosensing system for wireless brain signal monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2060-2068

  Lee, Cedric W L ^a   Kiourti, Asimina ^a   Chae, Junseok ^b   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti parallel diode pair (APDP); Brain implant; Neurosensing; Passive; Subharmonic mixing; Wireless medical telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

ANTI-PARALLEL DIODE PAIRS; CARRIER SIGNALS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH TRANSMISSION; IMPLANTED ANTENNAS; MATCHING CIRCUIT; SENSING SYSTEMS; SUB-HARMONIC MIXER;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84957975702     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2421491     Document Type: Article

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