A high acuity retinal stimulator in 65 nm CMOS process

This book presents a design of a flexible stimulator in 65 nm Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) as part of a 1024-electrode epiretinal prosthesis to restore partial vision in patients suffering from eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degradation (AMD).The stimulator design is to support as many different stimulation strategies as possible. A distributed design where data is mainly processed at the local controller of every electrode driver simplifies signal routing, which is critical when the number of electrodes goes up to 1024. A novel electrode driver topology was proposed. Each electrode is controlled by its own driver, which helps selecting electrodes independently. A prototype stimulator with 64 outputs was designed, fabricated, and tested.

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Nhan Tran received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Tran is currently a Research Fellow at Centre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, where he is working on the implantable electronic chip for the Bionic Vision Australiäs high acuity retinal prosthesis.