A Wireless, Mechanically Flexible, 25μm-Thick, 65,536-Channel Subdural Surface Recording and Stimulating Microelectrode Array with Integrated Antennas

2023 IEEE Symp VLSI Technol Circuits (2023). 2023 Jun:2023:10.23919/vlsitechnologyandcir57934.2023.10185321. doi: 10.23919/vlsitechnologyandcir57934.2023.10185321. Epub 2023 Jul 24.

Abstract

This paper presents a fully wireless microelectrode array (MEA) system-on-chip (SoC) with 65,536 electrodes for non-penetrative cortical recording and stimulation, featuring a total sensing area of 6.8mm×7.4mm with a 26.5μm×29μm electrode pitch. Sensing, data telemetry, and powering are monolithically integrated on a single chip, which is made mechanically flexible to conform to the surface of the brain by substrate removal to a total thickness of 25μm allowing it to be contained entirely in the subdural space under the skull.

Keywords: CMOS; Implantable; MEA; UWB; WPT.