The prototype of an electronic bi-directional interface between the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) and a neuro-controlled hand prosthesis is presented. The system is composed of 2 integrated circuits: a standard CMOS device for neural recording and a HVCMOS device for neural stimulation. The integrated circuits have been realized in 2 different 0.35μm CMOS processes available from ams. The complete system incorporates 8 channels each including the analog front-end, the A/D conversion, based on a sigma delta architecture and a programmable stimulation module implemented as a 5-bit current DAC; two voltage boosters supply the output stimulation stage with a programmable voltage scalable up to 17V. Successful in-vivo experiments with rats having a TIME electrode implanted in the sciatic nerve were carried out, showing the capability of recording neural signals in the tens of microvolts, with a global noise of 7μVrms, and to selectively elicit the tibial and plantar muscles using different active sites of the electrode.
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Carboni, C., Bisoni, L., Carta, N., Puddu, R., Raspopovic, S., Navarro, X., … Barbaro, M. (2016). An integrated interface for peripheral neural system recording and stimulation: system design, electrical tests and in-vivo results. Biomedical Microdevices, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-016-0043-5
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