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Readout Circuits

  • R. Firat YaziciogluEmail author
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Abstract

Biopotential signals are routinely monitored in current medical practice for diagnostics of several different disorders. Commonly, patients are connected to a bulky and mains powered instrument, which reduces their mobility and creates discomfort. This limits the acquisition time, prevents the continuous monitoring of patients, and affects the diagnostics of the illness. Therefore, there is a growing demand for low-power and small-size biopotential acquisition systems [1–5].

Keywords

Input Impedance Local Field Potential Flicker Noise Polarization Voltage Readout Circuit 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC)LeuvenBelgium

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