DocumentCode
307662
Title
Power quality for medical electronics taking charge of the electrical environment
Author
Leger, Joseph V. ; Scott, Lyn
Author_Institution
On Power Systems, Brossard, Que., Canada
Volume
1
fYear
1995
fDate
20-25 Sep 1995
Firstpage
675
Abstract
Hospitals and medical systems users are increasingly bombarded with information that their instrumentation and medical systems are susceptible to disruption and degradation by poor quality AC power. The increased density of microchips in modern systems have compounded these problems dramatically
Keywords
biomedical electronics; power supply quality; electrical environment; hospitals; isolation transformers; low-impedance technology; medical electronics power quality; medical systems users; microchips density; poor quality AC power; system degradation; system disruption; Acoustic noise; Consumer electronics; Costs; Degradation; Noise level; Noise reduction; Power quality; Power system protection; Power systems; Surge protection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2475-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575307
Filename
575307
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