Inductive links and drivers for remotely-powered telemetry systems

During the last ten years research has progressed on a number of commercially available and research-laboratory based devices that require power and communication through an inductive link. These include radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, and biomedical implants for use as neuroprostheses. For most of these size is often intimately related to function; the trend is towards smaller, more sophisticated, and less invasive devices.