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Fabrication and Assembly Techniques for Distributed Battery-Free Brain Implants

  • Adam Khalifa
  • , Mehdi Nasrollahpour
  • , Ali Nezaratizadeh
  • , Xiao Sha
  • , Milutin Stanacevic
  • , Nian X. Sun
  • , Sydney Cash
  • University of Florida
  • Northeastern University
  • Stony Brook University
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

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Abstract

In the past three decades, we have witnessed unprecedented progress in wireless implantable medical devices (IMDs) that can interface with the nervous system. To provide an even more stable, safe, and distributed interface, a new class of implantable devices is being developed; single-channel sub-mm scale wireless devices. In this research, we describe a new and simple technique for the fabrication and assembly of a sub-mm wirelessly powered stimulating implant. The fabricated implant is composed of an ASIC that measures 900 × 450 × 80 μm3, two PEDOT-coated microelectrodes, an SMD inductor, and a SU-8 coating. The electrodes and the SMD are directly mounted onto the ASIC. The ultra-small device is powered via electromagnetic (EM) in near-field using a 2-coil inductive link and shows a power transfer efficiency (PTE) of 0.17% in the air with coil separation of 0.5 cm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCAS 2023 - 56th IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665451093
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event56th IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2023 - Monterey, United States
Duration: May 21 2023May 25 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2023-May
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference56th IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey
Period05/21/2305/25/23

Keywords

  • distributed
  • miniaturized
  • neural stimulation
  • wireless power transmission

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