Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.7305/automatika.2015.12.768
Modelling and detection of failure in medical electrodes
Ivan Marasović
; Faculty of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and naval architecture University of Split Ruera Boškovi´ca 32, 21000 Split, Croatia
Željka Milanović
; Faculty of Engineering University of Rijeka Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Ivan Zulim
; Faculty of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and naval architecture University of Split Ruera Boškovi´ca 32, 21000 Split, Croatia
Abstract
In this paper we have studied the failures in medical electrodes such as electroencephalogram electrodes (EEG) being used for collecting brain signals. As those electrodes have to guarantee high level of reliability it is important to explore and predict the possible occurrence of failures in there structure. The electrode tip (needle) made of stainless steel is covered with thin oxide film acting as a dielectric and determing the total electrode resistance. In fact, studying the fluctuations of that resistance gives the insight into defects of the whole structure. The electrical properties of the oxide layer are characterized by charge hopping mechanism and the total resistance could be modeled by implementing random resistance network (RRN) methodology. The applied computational algorithm is based on Monte Carlo simulation procedure with direct and iteration methods. The obtained simulation results show non-gaussian Bramwell-Holdsworth-Pinton (BHP) distribution of the total resistance fluctuations, and they verified by the experiments.
Keywords
cold solder; oxide layer, failure detection; biased percolation; RRN simulation
Hrčak ID:
153976
URI
Publication date:
11.2.2016.
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