A 0.0023 mm 2/ch. Delta-Encoded, Time-Division Multiplexed Mixed-Signal ECoG Recording Architecture With Stimulus Artifact Suppression

IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2020 Apr;14(2):319-331. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2019.2963174. Epub 2019 Dec 31.

Abstract

This article demonstrates a scalable, time-division multiplexed biopotential recording front-end capable of real-time differential- and common-mode artifact suppression. A delta-encoded recording architecture exploits the power spectral density (PSD) characteristics of Electrocorticography (ECoG) recordings, combining an 8-bit ADC, and an 8-bit DAC to achieve 14 bits of dynamic range. The flexibility of the digital feedback architecture is leveraged to time-division multiplex 64 differential input channels onto a shared mixed-signal front-end, reducing channel area by 2x compared to the state-of-the-art. The feedback DAC used for delta-encoding also serves to cancel differential artifacts with an off-chip adaptive loop. Analysis of this architecture and measured silicon performance of a 65 nm CMOS test-chip implementation, both on the bench and in-vivo, are included with this paper.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Artifacts
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Electrocorticography / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*