AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR NEURAL ACTIVITY RECORDING AND STIMULATION

Gianmarco Angius, Caterina Carboni, Daniela Loi, Massimo Barbaro

2010

Abstract

A portable neural activity acquisition and stimulation system by means of tfLIFE implantable electrodes has been realized. The detecting circuit provides: a selective filtering made up of a 4th order high pass Multiple Feedback filter (f_ -3dB = 1.1kHz) and a 4th order low pass Multiple Feedback filter (f_ -3dB = 2kHz), a variable gain (24dB - 44dB) and a 16 bit analog to digital conversion. The stimulator allows to generate specific electrical signals through a digital-to-analog converter while stimulation parameters as frequency, duration and intensity are controlled by a digital microcontroller. Simulation results and first experimental results of the interface demonstrate how neural signals of a few of microvolts can be filtered, programmable amplified and digitalized without distortion.

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Angius G., Carboni C., Loi D. and Barbaro M. (2010). AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR NEURAL ACTIVITY RECORDING AND STIMULATION . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-017-7, pages 211-214. DOI: 10.5220/0002749702110214


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices10,
author={Gianmarco Angius and Caterina Carboni and Daniela Loi and Massimo Barbaro},
title={AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR NEURAL ACTIVITY RECORDING AND STIMULATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={211-214},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002749702110214},
isbn={978-989-674-017-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010)
TI - AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR NEURAL ACTIVITY RECORDING AND STIMULATION
SN - 978-989-674-017-7
AU - Angius G.
AU - Carboni C.
AU - Loi D.
AU - Barbaro M.
PY - 2010
SP - 211
EP - 214
DO - 10.5220/0002749702110214