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The effect of stray-capacitance neutralisation in association with microelectrodes is briefly discussed, together with a simple analysis of the principle of capacitance neutralisation. A common technique is used as an example. An alternative approach is then described where neutralisation is much less dependant on the electrode resistance. This also provides a simple means of determining the magnitude of an equivalent input capacitance, deemed to be the resultant accumulation of distributed stray capacitance. A calibration input is provided to allow the system to be set up easily.
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Wood, J.W. Stray-capacitance neutralisation for high-resistance microelectrodes—a simple analysis. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 230–236 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442720
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