Implantable biomedical microsystems for neural prostheses.

In the following article, the technologies to fabricate polyimide-based thin and flexible substrates with monolithically integrated electrode arrays and printed circuit boards (PCB) for hybrid electronic assemblies as well as an assembling technique that connects bare electronic dice with flexible P...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 5 (2005).
Main Author:	Stieglitz, T.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bare electronic dice. Cuff electrode. Data transmission. Energy supply. Eye. Flexible multilayer encapsulation. Hybrid assembling technology. Hybrid electronic assemblies. Implantable biomedical microsystems. Integrated multiplexer circuitry. Microtechnology. Modular flexible biomedical microsystems. Monolithically integrated electrode arrays. Neural prostheses. Parylene. Peripheral nerve regeneration. Polyimide-based thin flexible substrates. Precision mechanics. Printed circuit boards. Sieve electrode. Silicone rubber. System design. Vision prosthesis. Wireless link.