Paper Info
Title
A neural implant ASIC for the restoration of balance in individuals with vestibular dysfunction
Abstract
This paper describes an ASIC developed as part of a neural prosthesis to restore balance to individuals with a dysfunctional vestibular end-organ. The device interfaces with inertia sensors; sensing acceleration in five degrees of freedom (three radial and two linear axis), and then conditions, processes and converts the signals to provide the artificial stimulus to the vestibulocochlear nerve. The IC described herein has been realised as part of a board-level solution, also including the sensors, power source and DC blocking capacitors. It is envisaged that this can be later implemented in a System-in-Package (SiP) form to provide a totally implantable solution. We describe the design and implementation of the integrated circuit in a standard 0.35μm CMOS technology. Index Terms—Vestibular implant, neural prosthesis, balance prosthesis, artificial stimulation
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5117830
Taipei
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS integrated circuits,application specific integrated circuits,biological organs,biomedical electronics,mechanoception,neurophysiology,prosthetics,sensors,CMOS technology,DC blocking capacitor,artificial stimulus,balance prosthesis,board-level solution,degrees of freedom,inertia sensor,neural implant ASIC,size 0.35 mum,system-in-package,vestibular dysfunctional end-organ,vestibulocochlear nerve,Vestibular implant,artificial stimulation,balance prosthesis,neural prosthesis
Brain implant,Capacitor,Vestibulocochlear nerve,Computer science,Vestibular system,Neural Prosthesis,Application-specific integrated circuit,CMOS,Electronic engineering,Integrated circuit
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-3828-0
5
0.64
References 
Authors
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Timothy G Constandinou110613.73
Julius Georgiou228852.80
Christofer Toumazou326559.06