Stimulation parameter | Value |
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Electrode surface area | 1573 µm2 [49] |
Waveform shape | Symmetric, bi-phasic, cathodic-first, square-wave pulses |
Duration of cathodic (stimulating) phase | 200 µS |
Duration of anodic (reversal) phase | 200 µS |
Inter-phase delay | 100 µS |
Current of cathodic (stimulating) phase | 7–64 µA (unique and fixed for each electrode) |
Current of anodic (reversal) phase | Equal magnitude as cathodic phase |
Stimulation pulse frequency (during location/quality discrimination) | S3: 200Â Hz |
S4: 200Â Hz | |
S5: 100Â Hz | |
Train duration | S3: 200Â ms |
S4: 200Â ms | |
S5: 500Â ms | |
Number of trains | S3: 1 |
S4: 1 | |
S5: 3–4 | |
Duty cycle | S3: N/A |
S4: N/A | |
S5: 50% |