Analysis and application of analog electronic circuits to biomedical instrumentation. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert B. Northrop.
• Other Names: Northrop, Robert B
• Contents: All chapters include an introduction and chapter summary. Sources and Properties of Biomedical Signals ; Sources of Endogenous Bioelectric Signals; Nerve Action Potentials; Muscle Action Potentials; The Electrocardiogram; Other Biopotentials; Electrical Properties of Bioelectrodes; Exogenous Bioelectric Signals; ; Properties and Models of Semiconductor Devices Used in Analog Electronic Systems ; pn Junction Diodes; Midfrequency Models for BJT Behavior; Midfrequency Models for Field-Effect Transistors; High-Frequency Models for Transistors and Simple Transistor Amplifiers; Photons, Photodiodes, Photoconductors, LEDs, and Laser Diodes; ; The Differential Amplifier ; DA Circuit Architecture; Common-Mode Rejection Ratio; CM and DM Gain of Simple DA Stages at High Frequencies; Input Resistance of Simple Transistor DAs; How Signal Source Impedance Affects the Low-Frequency CMRR; How Op Amps Can be Used to Make DAs for Medical Applications; ; General Properties of Electronic, Single-Loop Feedback Systems ; Classification of Electronic Feedback Systems; Some Effects of Negative Voltage Feedback; Effects of Negative Current Feedback; Positive Voltage Feedback; ; Feedback, Frequency Response, and Amplifier Stability ; Review of Amplifier Frequency Response; What Is Meant by Feedback System Stability; The Use of Root Locus in Feedback Amplifier Design; Use of Root-Locus in the Design of "Linear" Oscillators; ; Operational Amplifiers and Comparators ; The Ideal Op Amp; Practical Op Amps; Gain-Bandwidth Relations for Voltage-Feedback OAs; Gain-Bandwidth Relations in Current Feedback Amplifiers; Analog Voltage Comparators; Some Applications of Op Amps in Biomedicine; ; Introduction to Analog Active Filters ; Active Filter Applications; Types of Analog Active Filters; Electronically Tunable AFs; ; Instrumentation and Medical Isolation Amplifiers ; Instrumentation Amps; Medical Isolation Amps; Safety Standards in Medical Electronic Amplifiers; Medical-Grade Power Supplies; ; Noise and the Design of Low-Noise Signal Conditioning Systems for Biomedical Applications ; Descriptors of Random Noise in Biomedical Measurement Systems; Propagation of Noise Through LTI Filters; Noise Factor and Figure of Amplifiers; Cascaded Noisy Amplifiers; Noise in Differential Amplifiers; Effect of Feedback on Noise; Examples of Noise-Limited Resolution of Certain Signal Conditioning Systems; Some Low-Noise Amplifiers; The Art of Low-Noise Signal Conditioning System Design; ; Digital Interfaces ; Aliasing and the Sampling Theorem; Digital-to-Analog Converters; Sample-and-Hold Circuits; Analog-to-Digital Converters; Quantization Noise; ; Modulation and Demodulation of Biomedical Signals ; Modulation of a Sinusoidal Carrier Viewed in the Frequency Domain; Implementation of AM; Generation of Phase and Frequency Modulation; Demodulation of Modulated Sinusoidal Carriers; Modulation and Demodulation of Digital Carriers; ; Power Amplifiers and Their Applications in Biomedicine ; Power Output Devices; Classes of Power Amplifiers: PA Efficiency; Class D Power Amplifiers; Nonlinearity and Distortion in PAs; IC Voltage Regulators in Medical Electronic Systems; Heatsinking; ; Wireless Patient Monitoring ; Sensors and Sensor Signals Communicated in WPM; Modulation in WPM; RF Communications Protocols Used in WPM; UHF Transmitters and Antennas; WPM Systems; How WPM Reduces the Probability of Patient Microshock; Privacy in WPM; ; RFID Tags, GPS Tags, and Ultrasonic Tags Used in Ecological Research ; Applications of RFID Tags; Design of RFID Tags; Tag Readers; GPS Tags; Ultrasonic Tags in Fisheries Biology; ; Examples of Special Analog Circuits and Systems Used in Biomedical Instrumentation ; The Phase-Sensitive Rectifier; Phase Detectors; Voltage and Current-Controlled Oscillators; Phase-Lock Loops; True RMS Converters; IC Temperature Sensors; Three Examples of Medical Instrumentation Systems; ; Appendix ; Glossary ; Bibliography and Recommended Reading
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 610.28; Biomedical engineering; Electric circuits; Electronics, Medical -- methods; Amplifiers, Electronic; Biomedical Engineering -- instrumentation; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439898826; 1439898820
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