Low-Gain, Low-Noise Integrated Neuronal Amplifier for Implantable Artifact-Reduction Recording System

Autor: Gilles N'Kaoua, Francois Rummens, Ranu Jung, Adeline Zbrzeski, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Noëlle Lewis, Sylvie Renaud
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système (IMS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1, Biomedical Engineering Department, Florida International University [Miami] (FIU), Laboratoire Mouvement Adaptation Cognition (MAC), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Bordeaux, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 279-299 (2013)
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, MDPI, 2013, 3 (3), pp.279-299. ⟨10.3390/jlpea3030279⟩
Volume 3
Issue 3
Pages 279-299
ISSN: 2079-9268
DOI: 10.3390/jlpea3030279⟩
Popis: International audience; Brain neuroprostheses for neuromodulation are being designed to monitor the neural activity of the brain in the vicinity of the region being stimulated using a single macro-electrode. Using a single macro-electrode, recent neuromodulation studies show that recording systems with a low gain neuronal amplifier and successive amplifier stages can reduce or reject stimulation artifacts. These systems were made with off-the-shelf components that are not amendable for future implant design. A low-gain, low-noise integrated neuronal amplifier (NA) with the capability of recording local field potentials (LFP) and spike activity is presented. In vitro and in vivo characterizations of the tissue/electrode interface, with equivalent impedance as an electrical model for recording in the LFP band using macro-electrodes for rodents, contribute to the NA design constraints. The NA occupies 0.15 mm2 and dissipates 6.73 µW, and was fabricated using a 0.35 µm CMOS process. Test-bench validation indicates that the NA provides a mid-band gain of 20 dB and achieves a low input-referred noise of 4 µVRMS. Ability of the NA to perform spike recording in test-bench experiments is presented. Additionally, an awake and freely moving rodent setup was used to illustrate the integrated NA ability to record LFPs, paving the pathway for future implantable systems for neuromodulation.
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