Pacemaker: Narrow pulses generation for design and sensitivity test

A pacemaker is a small device that helps the heart to beat more regularly and properly. It does this with a small electric stimulation that controls the heartbeat. This paper outlines pulse generation and sensitivity test of a pacemaker. Designers require a generated signal to simulate the real pacemaker pulse signal to use for sensitivity testing of the pacemaker. Next generation of function generators offer the best signal generators that can simulated a pulse signal as narrow as 1usec pulse width and arbitrary cardiac signal. The new digital or mixed signal oscilloscope, with its high resolutions acquisition, allows designers to analyze both low amplitude (0.5 mV and 1 mV) ECG signal and pulse signal stimulus simultaneously allowing designers to make real-time adjustments to their pacemaker designs.