一个紧的低功率切割器低噪音放大器,用于高密度的神经前端
Alessandro Fava1, Francesco Centurelli1, Pietro Monsurrò1
1Department of Information, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Roma, Italy.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 26, 2025
概括
这项研究引入了用于神经记录的低功率直升机稳定低噪声放大器 (CS-LNA). 它有效地减少噪音和电极偏移,在紧的设计中实现最先进的性能.
科学领域:
- 集成电路 集成电路
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 神经科学仪器仪器仪器仪表
背景情况:
- 神经记录系统需要低噪音放大器来准确捕获大脑信号.
- 闪噪声和电极直流偏移 (EDO) 是设计这些放大器的重大挑战.
- 现有的解决方案往往会在电力消耗,面积或性能方面妥协.
研究的目的:
- 介绍一款新型的机稳定低噪声放大器 (CS-LNA),优化用于像素内神经记录.
- 为了在低噪音,高效的功率使用和小的面积方面实现高性能.
- 为了证明CS-LNA在多通道时间分割多重复合 (TDM) 和强大的电极直流偏移 (EDO) 拒绝方面的能力.
主要方法:
- 使用0.13微米CMOS工艺设计和制造一个CS-LNA.
- 在没有直流伺服圈 (DSL) 的情况下,实施用于TDM,闪噪声降低和EDO排斥的机混合器.
- 详细的噪声分析和设计流程,以优化输入引用噪声和区域之间的权衡.
主要成果:
- 该CS-LNA实现了4.19μVrms (1-7.5 kHz) 和2.58μVrms (300 Hz-7.5 kHz) 的整体噪声.
- 显示了2.63 (1.62) 的高噪声效率系数 (NEF) 和38.67dB的最大增益.
- 制造面积为0.0268mm2,功耗在0.8V时为~2μA,并且可以承受±50mV的输入偏移.
结论:
- 拟议的CS-LNA为像素内神经记录系统提供了最先进的性能.
- 它的低功耗,小面积和高效的噪声/抵消排斥使其适用于多通道应用.
- 该设计成功地解决了当前神经放大器技术的关键局限性.
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