Title :
The design and fabrication of two-dimension multielectrodes array chip and system
Author :
Chen, Jian-Ming ; Huang, Jhen-Gang ; Lin, Chii-Wann
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We reported a design and fabrication by using microelectro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) processes of a planar 64-channel multielectrode-array (MEA) chip for recording and/or stimulating cells or tissue slice. The 8 multichannels recording system was designed to verify the bioelectronic signal detected from the MEA chip. The active electrode area can be 20 μm×20 μm or 40 μm×40 μm and with 200 μm or 140 μm space between electrodes, and the metal circuit layout is protected by thin silicone dioxide. Then, the DC measurement to prove this MEA chip device can detect bio-electronic signal normally and immersing the MEA chip in the physiological saline buffer solution to verify that the performance in the AC condition.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; biomedical electrodes; biomedical electronics; cellular biophysics; medical signal detection; microelectrodes; micromechanical devices; silicon compounds; 140 micron; 20 micron; 200 micron; 40 micron; AC condition; DC measurement; MEA chip device; MEMS; SiO/sub 2/; active electrode area; bioelectronic signal detection; metal circuit layout; microelectro-mechanical-systems; multichannel recording system; physiological saline buffer solution; stimulating cell; thin silicone dioxide; tissue slice; two-dimension multielectrodes array chip; Biomedical measurements; Drugs; Electrodes; Fabrication; Glass; Microelectrodes; Micromechanical devices; Resists; Semiconductor device measurement; Wet etching; Electronic property; MEA chip; MEMS;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403702