. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2018 Oct 15;12(6):1256–1266. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2876069

TABLE I.

Table of Comparison against Arts

	Integrated Neural Interface [9]	Microwave Back-scattering [54]	WINeR probes [11]	Neural Dust [14]	MOTE
Power Source	RF Coil	RF	RFCoil	Ultrasonic	Optical
Gain(dB)	60	-	40	-	30
BW(KHz)	5	5	8	> 30	> 10
Noise Floor	5.1 μ V_RMS	63 μ V_RMS	5.4 μ V_RMS	180 μ V_RMS	~ 15 μV_RMS
DC Power	135 μ W^†	NA	19.3 μW^†	NA	< 1 μW
Volume(mm³)	> 10	360	> 4^‡	2.4	4.7 × 10⁻³^*
Weight^‡(μg)	> 2.3 × 10⁴	> 8.38 × 10⁵	> 9300	> 7600	11
Min. Cross-section	> 0.3 mm	> 10 mm	> 0.3 mm	> 0.5 mm	50 μm

^†

Per channel

^‡

Estimated

Die thickness of 330 μm multiplied by circuit dimensions, can further be reduced by die thinning.