A multi-channel system for neural signal recording/stimulation is presented. The system is split on two devices: an implantable High Voltage (HV) CMOS integrated circuit (IC) hosting a sigma delta modulator, together with a low noise preamplifier/prefilter and a digital platform for sigma delta decimation/control implemented on a FPGA. This innovative approach guarantees a robust communication link while minimizing the blocks to be implanted, saving power and area. The recording unit exhibits an IRN = 2.12uVrms in 800Hz-8kHz bandwidth, a programmable gain in the range 45.4dB-58dB and a 14-bit A/D conversion. The IC hosts also a current-mode stimulator able to deliver currents in the range of hundreds of microampere to electrodes with impedances up to 100kΩ.
Compact, multi-channel, electronic interface for PNS recording and stimulation
CARBONI, CATERINA;BISONI, LORENZO;BARBARO, MASSIMO
2014-01-01
Abstract
A multi-channel system for neural signal recording/stimulation is presented. The system is split on two devices: an implantable High Voltage (HV) CMOS integrated circuit (IC) hosting a sigma delta modulator, together with a low noise preamplifier/prefilter and a digital platform for sigma delta decimation/control implemented on a FPGA. This innovative approach guarantees a robust communication link while minimizing the blocks to be implanted, saving power and area. The recording unit exhibits an IRN = 2.12uVrms in 800Hz-8kHz bandwidth, a programmable gain in the range 45.4dB-58dB and a 14-bit A/D conversion. The IC hosts also a current-mode stimulator able to deliver currents in the range of hundreds of microampere to electrodes with impedances up to 100kΩ.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.