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A programmable implantable microstimulator soc with wireless telemetry: Application in closed-loop endocardial stimulation for cardiac pacemaker

  • Shuenn Yuh Lee
  • , Mario Yucheng Su
  • , Ming Chun Liang
  • , You Yin Chen
  • , Cheng Han Hsieh
  • , Chung Min Yang
  • , Hsin Yi Lai
  • , Jou Wei Lin
  • , Qiang Fang

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Abstract

A low-power, wireless, and implantable microstimulator system on chip with smart powering management, immediate neural signal acquisition, and wireless rechargeable system is proposed. A system controller with parity checking handles the adjustable stimulus parameters for the stimulated objective. In the current paper, the rat's intra-cardiac electrogram is employed as the stimulated model in the animal study, and it is sensed by a low-voltage and low-power monitoring analog front end. The power management unit, which includes a rectifier, battery charging and detection, and a regulator, is used for the power control of the internal circuits. The stimulation data and required clock are extracted by a phase-locked-loop-based phase shift keying demodulator from an inductive AC signal. The full chip, which consumes 48 $\mu {\rm W}$ only, is fabricated in a TSMC 0.35 $ \mu {\rm m}$ 2P4M standard CMOS process to perform the monitoring and pacing functions with inductively powered communication in the in vivo study.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6101569
Pages (from-to)511-522
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Dec

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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