• DocumentCode
    1737026
  • Title

    A resistorless low current reference circuit for implantable devices

  • Author

    Georgiou, J. ; Toumazou, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Abstract
    In this paper a basic, four-transistor, resistorless current reference circuit is described, aimed at implantable biomedical applications. The circuit takes advantage of two different thickness thermally grown gate oxides, which are available in most high voltage processes and in some of the latest sub-micron feature size processes. Current tuning is achieved by sizing the transistors accordingly.
  • Keywords
    VLSI; biomedical electronics; circuit tuning; prosthetics; reference circuits; biomedical applications; current tuning; high voltage processes; implantable devices; resistorless low current reference circuit; sub-micron feature size processes; thermally grown gate oxides; Biomedical engineering; Circuit optimization; Educational institutions; Energy consumption; Equations; MOSFET circuits; Muscles; Resistors; Temperature dependence; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2002. ISCAS 2002. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7448-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2002.1010193
  • Filename
    1010193