Designing small, low-cost, portable electromedical products.
In response to demands for smaller, cheaper, portable electromedical products, designers are developing circuitry that operates at reduced power levels, thereby allowing smaller batteries to be used. Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) enable products to have fewer components and are inherently more power efficient than circuits comprised of discrete components.  In this article, the author examines the existing applications of ASICs and discusses how new design techniques can be used to reduce a product's overall power consumption and production costs.
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Cambridge Consultants Ltd., UK.
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