An analog VLSI model of muscular contraction

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Hudson, Tina A.
Bragg, Julian A.
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Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
The joint Georgia Tech and Emory department was established in 1997
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We have developed analog VLSI circuits to model the behavior demonstrated by biological sarcomeres, the force generating components of muscle tissue. The circuits are based upon the mathematical description of crossbridge populations developed by A. F. Huxley (1957). We have implemented the sarcomere circuit using a standard 1.2 μm process, and have demonstrated the nonlinear transient behaviors exhibited by biological muscle.
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2003-07
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