Silicon LSI-based smart stimulators for retinal prosthesis

Author

Ohta, Jun ; Tokuda, Takashi ; Kagawa, Keiichiro ; Furumiya, Tetsuo ; Uehara, Akihiro ; Terasawa, Yasuo ; Ozawa, Motoki ; Fujikado, Takashi ; Tano, Yasuo

Author_Institution

Graduated Sch. of Mat. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Tech.

Volume

25

Issue

5

fYear

2006

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

59

Abstract

In this article, the authors report on a retinal prosthesis smart stimulator that is biocompatible and fully compatible with a standard large-scale-integration (LSI) structure and that provides high-stimulation efficiency. Our stimulator is based on multimicrochip architecture. The stimulator has been specifically developed for retinal prostheses, but it could be applied to other neuroscience and clinical neuroengineering fields

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; eye; large scale integration; prosthetics; semiconductor devices; silicon; Si; biocompatibility; clinical neuroengineering; high-stimulation efficiency; large-scale-integration; multimicrochip architecture; neuroscience; retinal prosthesis; silicon LSI; smart stimulators; Electrodes; Large scale integration; Neural engineering; Neural prosthesis; Neuroscience; Prosthetics; Retina; Silicon; Sociotechnical systems; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEMB.2006.1705747

Filename

1705747