@inproceedings{e1ec1a72b1cc48ad92d91da7a31f2614,
title = "A safe circuit for the measurement of stimuli pulse amplitude in biomedical devices",
abstract = "In this paper an integrating amplifier aimed at estimating pulse amplitude in implantable stimuli delivery devices is presented. The proposed circuit can integrate during each stimulus the effective voltage being applied to tissue, to later use this measure in a self-calibration procedure or in a closed loop stimulator scheme. The circuit was designed and simulated using a 0.6μm HV CMOS technology, it consumes only 8μA current from the battery when it is turned on, and shows an error below 3% for pulses ranging from 100μs to 5ms, and from 350mV to 15V if the time-voltage product does not saturate the integrating capacitor. The circuit is safe in the sense it is not harmful for the patient in the case of a single (independent) circuit failure. The focus of this work is in a pacemaker application, but the developed circuit block can be incorporated in a wide set of biomedical devices.",
keywords = "Amplifier, Analog design, Biomedical circuits",
author = "Diego Costa and Mat{\'i}as Miguez and Alfredo Arnaud",
year = "2013",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
isbn = "9789871907441",
series = "EAMTA 2013 - Proceedings of the Argentine School of Micro-Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications 2013",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "102--107",
booktitle = "EAMTA 2013 - Proceedings of the Argentine School of Micro-Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications 2013",
note = "8th Argentine School of Micro-Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications 2013, EAMTA 2013 ; Conference date: 04-08-2013 Through 12-08-2013",
}