Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2012 Apr;6(2):111-9. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2182512.
We present a micro-chip implementation of a low current measurement system for biomedical applications using capacitive feedback that exhibits 190 fA of RMS noise in a 1 kHz bandwidth. The sampling rate is selectable up to 100 kHz. When measuring the amplifier noise with a 10 GΩ resistor and a 47 pF capacitor at the input, typical of cell membrane capacitance in DNA and patch clamp experiments, the measured RMS noise was 2.44 pA on a 50 pA signal in a 10 kHz bandwidth. Two channels were implemented on 630 × 440 μm² using a 0.5-μm 3-metal 2-poly CMOS process. Each channel consumes 1.5 mW of power from a 3.3 V supply. We measured the characteristics of an artificial lipid bilayer similar to the ones used in DNA sequencing experiments via nanopores.
我们提出了一种使用容性反馈的低电流测量系统的微芯片实现,该系统在 1 kHz 带宽下表现出 190 fA 的 RMS 噪声。采样率可选高达 100 kHz。当在输入处使用 10 GΩ 电阻和 47 pF 电容测量放大器噪声时,典型的细胞膜电容在 DNA 和膜片钳实验中,在 10 kHz 带宽下,50 pA 的信号上测量的 RMS 噪声为 2.44 pA。两个通道在 630 × 440 μm² 的面积上使用 0.5-μm 3 金属 2 多晶硅 CMOS 工艺实现。每个通道从 3.3 V 电源消耗 1.5 mW 的功率。我们通过纳米孔测量了类似于用于 DNA 测序实验的人工脂质双层的特性。