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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2018 Nov 12;12(6):1356–1368. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2881044

Table I. Performance comparison with state-of-the-art EIS systems.

Reference [2] [9] [3] [30] [8] This work
Topology Resistive or SC TIA TIA + Direct I/Q conversion TIA + Direct I/Q conversion SC TIA + Multiplying ADC V/I sensing + Direct I/Q conversion Lock-in + ΣΔ
Technology 0.18 μm 0.5 μm 0.35 μm 0.13 μm 0.13 μm 0.18 μm
Area (per Channel) 0.02 mm2 0.06 mm2 0.01 mm2 0.06 mm2 - mm2 0.1 mm2
Sensing Area 0.16 ×0.12 mm2 3×3 mm2 (estimation) 1×1 mm2 1.05×1.6 mm2 9 pixel groups of 0.128 mm2 4.5×2.4 mm2
No. of Electrodes 5 × 10 100 (estimation) 10 × 10 16 144 59,760
Electrode Pitch 150 μm >600 μma 100 μm 300 μm 89.4/357.8 μma 13.5 μm
No. Channels 50 100 100 16 144 32
Impedance Range - - 100 Ω - 100 MΩ ~GΩ 10 kΩ – 1 GΩ 1 kΩ – 10 GΩ
Transduced Current Range 0.1 nA – 250 μA 78 fA – 100 nA +/- 25 μA Max. 400nA - 10 pA – 30 μA
Frequency Range 20 Hz 1 mHz – 10 kHz 10 Hz – 50 MHz 0.1 Hz – 10 kHz 500 kHz – 4 MHz 1 Hz – 1 MHz
Noise 25 μVrms (1 Hz – 1 kHz) - 330 pArms (1 Hz – 10 Hz) 577 pArms (1 Hz – 1 kHz) 320 fArms - 6.4 pArms (1 Hz – 100 kHz)
DR - 122 dB 97 dB 140 dB - 102 dB
Supply 3.3 V 3 V 3.3 V 1.2 V 3.3 V 3.3/1.8V
Power (per Channel) 2.7 mW 6 μV 736 μV 42 μVb - 412 μWb
Multiple Functions - - - - Impedance, Voltage, optical Impedance, Electrophysiology
a

Equivalent square-shaped pixel dimension, for the same spatial density.

b

ADC included