Design of a Low-Noise Preamplifier for Nerve Cuff Electrode Recording
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This paper discusses certain important issues involved in the design of a nerve signal preamplifier for implantable neuroprostheses. Since the electroneurogram signal measured from cuff electrodes is typically on the order of 1 V, a very low-noise interface is essential. We present the argument for the use of BiCMOS technology in this application and then describe the design and evaluation of a complete preamplifier fabricated in a 0.8m double-metal double-poly process. The preamplifier has a nominal voltage gain of 100, a bandwidth of 15 kHz, and a measured equivalent input-referred noise voltage spectral density of 3.3 nV Hz at 1 kHz. The total input-referred rms noise voltage in a bandwidth 1 Hz–10 kHz is 290 nV, the power consumption is 1.3 mW from 2.5-V power supplies, and the active area is 0.3 mm.
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