Kolbl Florian, Demosthenous Andreas
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015;2015:2075-8. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318796.
Electrical stimulators are widely used in neuro-prostheses. Many different implementations exist. However, no quantitative ranking criterion is available to allow meaningful comparison of the various stimulation circuits and systems to aid the designer. This paper presents a novel Figure of Merit (FOM) dedicated to stimulation circuits and systems. The proposed optimization performance metric takes into account tissue safety conditions and energy efficiency which can be evaluated by measurement. The FOM is used to rank several stimulator circuits and systems.
电刺激器在神经假体中被广泛使用。存在许多不同的实现方式。然而，目前尚无定量的排名标准来对各种刺激电路和系统进行有意义的比较，以帮助设计者。本文提出了一种专门用于刺激电路和系统的新型品质因数（FOM）。所提出的优化性能指标考虑了组织安全条件和能量效率，这些可以通过测量来评估。该品质因数用于对几种刺激器电路和系统进行排名。
