Journal
ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 3-11Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-009-9371-1
Keywords
Neural recording; Integrated neural interface; Spike detection; Bandwidth reduction; Low-power mixed-signal design
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We present the design of an integrated neural interface intended for multi-channel neural recording. The design features a mixed-signal part that handles neural signal conditioning, digitization, time-division multiplexing, and a digital module providing control, absolute threshold detection, extraction of spikes, and serial communications towards a host interface. The detection and extraction strategy preserves the entire neuronal spike waveshapes by means of synchronized internal data buffering. This bandwidth reduction scheme prompts for better waveform sorting results and improved performance in prosthetic applications. Both parts of the presented neural interface were fabricated separately in a CMOS 0.18 mu m process. The whole neural interface features 16 channels for validation, but, the proposed approach is scalable to larger channel counts. The performance of the implemented neural interface was validated on testbench with synthetic neural waveforms. It features a power consumption of 138 mu W per channel and a size of 2.304 mm(2), and achieves a bandwidth reduction factor of up to 48.
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