CMOS microelectrode array for bidirectional interaction with neuronal networks

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1620-1629

  Heer, Flavio ^a,b   Hafizovic, Sadik ^b   Franks, Wendy ^a,b   Blau, Axel ^c   Ziegler, Christiane ^c   Hierlemann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMOS; Extracellular stimulation and recording; Microelectrode array (MEA)

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR STIMULATION AND RECORDING; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY (MEA); NEURONAL CELLS IN VITRO;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ELECTRODES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MICROELECTRODES; MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746366820     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.873677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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