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This chapter discusses the design of an arbitrary waveform, charge balanced biphasic stimulator. The philosophy behind the system is to give the user full flexibility in the choice for the stimulation waveform, while the safety is ensured by implementing a charge balance mechanism. As discussed in Chap. 5 the stimulation waveform can benefit from the complex dynamics of the axon membrane in order to induce recruitment in a more efficient way. Furthermore, burst stimulation can be considered to be a special stimulation waveform as well, which has also shown to have advantages.
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van Dongen, M., Serdijn, W. (2016). Design of an Arbitrary Waveform Charge Balanced Stimulator. In: Design of Efficient and Safe Neural Stimulators. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28131-5_6
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