Programmably variable voltage multiplier for implanted stimulator
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1. In a programmable pacer system having a remote source of program control signals, an implantable pacer comprising:
- (a) a voltage supply;
(b) oscillator means for producing a pulse signal having a fixed frequency;
(c) counter means for generating a pacer output control signal upon each occurrence of a predetermined plurality of oscillator pulses;
(d) memory means for receiving from said source and for storing a program control signal representative of a desired multiplication factor of said supply voltage for pacer stimulation signals;
(e) output means, responsive to said output control signal, for generating pacer stimulation signals, said output means including;
(i) a first capacitor coupled on one side to said supply, and(ii) transistor means, connected in parallel with said capacitor and enabled by said output control signal, for generating stimulation signals having an amplitude of the voltage on said capacitor at the time of occurrence of said control signal;
(f) capacitor means, enabled by said stored program control signal, and charged by a plurality of successive excursions in one direction of said oscillator pulse signal, for supplying added charge increments to the other side of said first capacitor during successive excursions in the opposite direction of said oscillator pulse signal.
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Abstract
A free running oscillator clocks a counter, which produces stimulation control signals at a predetermined counter. An output stage includes transistors, energized by the counter, to issue stimulating pulses having a voltage equal to that across a capacitor in parallel with the output stage. The output capacitor is charged, between output pulses, by successive charge sharing cycles with at least one other capacitor, which is enabled by a stored program word, at a rate determined by the oscillator output cycles.
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3 Claims
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1. In a programmable pacer system having a remote source of program control signals, an implantable pacer comprising:
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(a) a voltage supply; (b) oscillator means for producing a pulse signal having a fixed frequency; (c) counter means for generating a pacer output control signal upon each occurrence of a predetermined plurality of oscillator pulses; (d) memory means for receiving from said source and for storing a program control signal representative of a desired multiplication factor of said supply voltage for pacer stimulation signals; (e) output means, responsive to said output control signal, for generating pacer stimulation signals, said output means including; (i) a first capacitor coupled on one side to said supply, and (ii) transistor means, connected in parallel with said capacitor and enabled by said output control signal, for generating stimulation signals having an amplitude of the voltage on said capacitor at the time of occurrence of said control signal; (f) capacitor means, enabled by said stored program control signal, and charged by a plurality of successive excursions in one direction of said oscillator pulse signal, for supplying added charge increments to the other side of said first capacitor during successive excursions in the opposite direction of said oscillator pulse signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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