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system offers several ways for stimulating nerve
cells. The simultaneous acquisition of biosignals
makes it possible to monitor the reactions after
stimulating.
The presented ASIC can be used for
experimental purposes, besides, the architecture of
its individual stages could be used for the design of a
neurostimulator for an specific application with an
array of several stimulators and biosignal amplifiers.
The design shows low power consumption and a
small silicon area.
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