A CMOS chip with active pixel array and specific test features for subretinal implantation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 290-300

  Rothermel, Albrecht ^a   Liu, Liu ^a   Aryan, Naser Pour ^a   Fischer, Michael ^b   Wuenschmann, Juergen ^a   Kibbel, Steffen ^c   Harscher, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CAD UL Electronic Services GmbH   (Germany)

^c Retina Implant AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active pixel array; Balanced charge injection; Logarithmic photo sensor; Low input impedance amplifier; Polyimide ribbon; Restoring visual perception; Subretinal implant; TiN electrodes

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SENSORS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; VISION;

ACTIVE PIXEL ARRAY; BALANCED CHARGE INJECTION; LOGARITHMIC PHOTO SENSOR; LOW INPUT IMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER; RESTORING VISUAL PERCEPTION; SUBRETINAL IMPLANT; TIN ELECTRODES;

PIXELS;

EID: 58149252213     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2007436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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