Titled “Recent Trends and Future Prospects of Neural Recording Circuits and Systems: A Tutorial Brief”, this contribution has been published in The IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. In this publication, we present a concise overview of concepts and design methodologies of neural recording interfaces, highlighting neural signal characteristics, system-level specifications and architectures, circuit-level implementation, and noise reduction techniques. Future trends and challenges of neural recording are also discussed. Congratulations to Ph.D. student Jinbo Chen and this paper’s co-authors for this excellent achievement.

Citation:

J. Chen, M. Tarkhan, H. Wu, F. H. Noshahr, J. Yang and M. Sawan, "Recent Trends and Future Prospects of Neural Recording Circuits and Systems: A Tutorial Brief," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3171689.

Abstract:  

Recent years have seen fast advances in neural recording circuits and systems as they offer a promising way to investigate real-time brain monitoring and the closed-loop modulation of psychological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. In this context, this tutorial brief presents a concise overview of concepts and design methodologies of neural recording, highlighting neural signal characteristics, system-level specifications and architectures, circuit-level implementation, and noise reduction techniques. Future trends and challenges of neural recording are finally discussed.

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https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9766042

Fig. Neural recording system multiplexing architecture: (a) Time-division, (b) rapid time-division, (c) frequency-division.