Current Source for Multifrequency Broadband Electrical Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Systems. A Novel Approach

New research and clinical applications of broadband electrical bioimpedance spectroscopy arise; increasing the upper limit frequency used in the measurement systems. The current source, an essential block of an electrical bioimpedance impedance analyzer, must have a large-enough output impedance at any frequency of operation to keep the output current constant regardless of the value of working load. In this paper a novel approach to increase the output impedance of a common voltage controlled current source is proposed. The circuit is analyzed, implemented and tested. The results, remarking the significant effect of the circuit parasitic capacitances, show a clear increment of the output impedance, but smaller than the originally expected