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Low power current sources for bioimpedance measurements: a comparison between Howland and OTA-based CMOS circuits

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance
Volume 3 (2012): Issue 1 (January 2012)
By: Pedro Bertemes-Filho,  Volney C. Vincence,  Marcio M. Santos and  Ilson X. Zanatta  
Open Access
|Oct 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.380 | Journal eISSN: 1891-5469
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Language: English
Page range: 66 - 73
Submitted on: Jun 29, 2012
Published on: Oct 23, 2012
Published by: University of Oslo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Howland circuit,
OTA,
current conveyor,
bioimpedance
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering,
Biomedical electronics,
Life sciences,
Biophysics,
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Spectroscopy and metrology

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