Lecture by Prof. Roland Thewes (TU Berlin), January 27th 2023

Design of CMOS Micro Electrode Arrays for Neural Tissue Recording and Stimulation with high Spatiotemporal Resolution

CMOS-based chip with an electrode array sensor field detects and stimulates green fluorescent neurons.

© Günther Zeck | BME

CMOS micro electrode array with neurons

Abstract:

Micro Electrode Arrays (MEAs) have become a technical standard tool to record nerve signals from neural tissue and to stimulate the tissue.

Whereas MEA technology had begun with passive devices - i.e. with chips hav-ing no active electronic devices on board - and with such devices still having a broad application area today, aiming for far increased spatiotemporal resolution within the last two decades active CMOS-based MEAs have been developed.

In this seminar talk, we will highlight related design philosophies of high-density CMOS MEAs, consider CMOS integration issues with respect to interfacing materials, and discuss circuit design aspects with respect to signal-to-noise issues.

 

Date: January 27th 2023, 10 am

Location:Seminar room 362-1, opens an external URL in a new window