Design of a high voltage stimulator chip for a stroke rehabilitation system

Author

Lei Zeng ; Xin Yi ; Sheng Lu ; Yuan Lou ; Jianfei Jiang ; Hongen Qu ; Ning Lan ; Guoxing Wang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Microelectron., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

834

Lastpage

837

Abstract

This paper describes the design of an 8-channel high voltage stimulator chip for rehabilitation of stroke patients through surface stimulation, which requires high stimulation currents and high compliance voltage. The chip gets stimulation control data through its Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), and can accordingly generate biphasic stimulation currents with different amplitudes, duration, frequencies and polarities independently for each channel. The current driver is implemented with thick oxide devices with a supply voltage up to 90V. The chip is designed in a 0.35μm X-FAB high voltage process.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electronics; integrated circuit design; patient rehabilitation; power integrated circuits; 8-channel high voltage stimulator chip; SPI; Serial Peripheral Interface; X-FAB high voltage process; biphasic stimulation currents; high voltage stimulator chip design; stimulation control data; stroke patients; stroke rehabilitation system; surface stimulation; thick oxide devices; voltage 90 V; Decision support systems; Electrodes; Simulation; Standards; Switches; Timing; Computer Simulation; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Electricity; Equipment Design; Humans; Stroke;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609630

Filename

6609630