Imec Vzw

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Marco Ballini

Carolina Mora Lopez

Didac Gomez Salinas

Shiwei Wang

Xiaohua Huang

A sensor readout circuitry comprises: a delta-sigma modulator; an input stage for receiving an analog sensor input signal, wherein a transconductance amplifier and a current mirror incorporate a flipped voltage follower, wherein a feedback signal from a digital-to-analog converter of the delta-sigma modulator is received such that subtraction between the analog sensor input signal and the feedback signal is performed in the transconductance amplifier and mirrored by the current mirror to an output of the input stage; wherein the transconductance amplifier comprises a first, second and third chopper, whereby a chopping loop between the first, second and third choppers is formed including an input transistor and current sources and whereby the analog sensor input signal is in baseband at a node in which the feedback signal is received.

Sensor readout circuitry, a biopotential signal sensor, a neural probe, and a method for readout of an analog sensor input signal

An input circuitry for receiving an analog input signal comprises: an input transistor configured to receive the analog input signal on a gate terminal of the input transistor wherein the input transistor is connected to a digital component providing a digital signal, and wherein the input transistor is configured to receive the digital signal on a bulk terminal of the input transistor; wherein the input transistor is configured to provide an output current based on the analog input signal and the digital signal, such that the input transistor provides digital-to-analog conversion of the digital signal received on the bulk terminal.

Input circuitry and a method for receiving an analog input signal

An electrode arrangement for stimulating and recording electrical signals in biological matter comprises:

Electrode arrangement for stimulating and recording electrical signals in biological matter, a neural probe, a micro-electrode array and a method for controlling an electrode arrangement

An analog-to-digital converter, ADC, module is configured to operate in a coarse conversion ADC phase, and a fine conversion ADC phase comprising a delta modulation loop for tracking a signal, wherein the ADC module is configured to, at initiation of input of an analog signal, operate in the coarse conversion ADC phase for determining a coarse digital value; wherein the ADC module is configured to, when the coarse digital value is determined, operate in the fine conversion ADC phase, receive the coarse digital value as an initial approximation of the analog signal and track the analog signal during a finite duration.

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