Wireless System-on-a-Chip EEG IC For Animal Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：先进医疗电子公司（AME）提议开发一种用于小动物研究的无线片上系统（SOC）脑电图仪（EEG）集成电路（IC）。SOC设计工具和代工工艺的进步使所提出的系统在经济上可行。拟议的1C将推进动态动物脑电图监测的最新技术，目前只允许两个无线脑电图通道。它将使详细的动物神经学研究成为可能，这将支持许多研究领域，包括帕金森病、中风、癫痫、嗜睡症、多发性硬化症和亨廷顿病。在第一阶段，AME将完全指定所提出的无线EEG 1C，并对其进行仿真，以验证关键的低功耗、低噪声电路的工作。第一阶段的成功标准将是成功的电路模拟。在第二阶段，AME将完成设计以及制造和测试生产ic。第二阶段的项目还将把1C插入一个微型设备，建立一个接收器，编写PC软件来处理和显示脑电图波形。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation (AME) proposes to develop a wireless system-on-a-chip (SOC) electroencephalograph (EEG) integrated circuit (IC) for use in small animal studies. Advances in SOC design tools and foundry processes make the proposed system economically feasible at this time. The proposed 1C will advance the state-of-the-art in ambulatory animal EEG monitoring, which presently only allows two channels of wireless EEG. It will make possible detailed animal neurological studies, which support numerous research areas including Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy, narcolepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's disease. In Phase I, AME will completely specify the proposed wireless EEG 1C and simulate it to verify critical low-power, low-noise circuits operation. The Phase I success criteria will be successful circuit simulation. In Phase II, AME will complete the design as well as fabricate and test production ICs. The Phase II program will additionally insert the 1C into a miniature device, build a receiver and write PC software to process and display EEG waveforms.