An implantable 3-D vestibular stimulator with neural recording

Author

Jiang, Dai ; Demosthenous, Andreas ; Perkins, Timothy A. ; Cirmirakis, Dominik ; Liu, Xiao ; Donaldson, Nick

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

277

Lastpage

280

Abstract

This paper presents an implantable vestibular stimulator for restoring three-dimensional (3-D) balance sensation. Advanced stimulation management is used to control independent parallel stimulation on the three semicircular canals. A switched-capacitor technique is implemented to allow stimulation on the three canals with minimized crosstalk. Realtime neural recording function is also included in the design. The stimulator was fabricated in a 0.6-μm HV CMOS technology. Measured results are presented to demonstrate the operation of the circuit.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; ear; integrated circuit design; mechanoception; neurophysiology; prosthetics; switched capacitor networks; CMOS technology; circuit design; implantable 3-D vestibular stimulator; independent parallel stimulation control; realtime neural recording function; semicircular canals; size 0.6 mum; switched-capacitor method; three-dimensional balance sensation restoration; Application specific integrated circuits; Crosstalk; Electrodes; Irrigation; Prosthetics; Radiation detectors; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC), 2012 Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Bordeaux

ISSN

1930-8833

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2212-6

Electronic_ISBN

1930-8833

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341339

Filename

6341339