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Brasil RO, Leal-Cardoso JH. An optically coupled power stimulus isolation unit with high voltage and fast rise time output. Braz J Med Biol Res. 1999;32(6):767-71doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013.
Brasil, R. O., & Leal-Cardoso, J. H. (1999). An optically coupled power stimulus isolation unit with high voltage and fast rise time output. Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas, 32(6), 767-71. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013
Brasil, R O, and Leal-Cardoso, J H. "An optically coupled power stimulus isolation unit with high voltage and fast rise time output." Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas vol. 32,6 (1999): 767-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013
Brasil RO, Leal-Cardoso JH. An optically coupled power stimulus isolation unit with high voltage and fast rise time output. Braz J Med Biol Res. 1999 Jun;32(6):767-71. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013. PMID: 10412556.
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Braz J Med Biol Res. 1999 Jun;32(6):767-71. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013.

An optically coupled power stimulus isolation unit with high voltage and fast rise time output.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas

R O Brasil, J H Leal-Cardoso

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  1. Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Fundação Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.

PMID: 10412556 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999000600013

Abstract

Recent technological developments have created new devices that could improve and simplify the construction of stimulus isolators. HEXFET transistors can switch large currents and hundreds of volts in nanoseconds. The newer opto-isolators can give a pulse rise time of a few nanoseconds, with output compatible with MOSFET devices, in which delays are reduced to nanoseconds. Integrated DC/DC converters are now available. Using these new resources we developed a new electrical stimulus isolator circuit with selectable constant-current and constant-voltage modes, which are precise and easy to construct. The circuit works like a regulated power supply in both modes with output switched to zero or to free mode through an opto-isolator device. The isolator analyses showed good practical performance. The output to ground resistance was 10(11) ohms and capacitance 35 picofarads. The rise time and fall time were identical (5 microseconds) and constant. The selectable voltage or current output mode made it very convenient to use. The current mode, with higher output resistance values in low current ranges, permits intracellular stimulation even with tip resistances close to 100 megaohms. The high compliance of 200 V guarantees the value of the current stimulus. The very low output resistance in the voltage mode made the device highly suitable for extracellular stimulation with low impedance electrodes. Most importantly, these characteristics were achieved with a circuit that was easy to build and modify and assembled with components available in Brazil.

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