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A new manufacturing technique has been developed for creating silicon-based, penetrating electrode arrays intended for implantation into cerebral cortex. The arrays consist of a 4.2 mm×4.2 mm glass/silicon composite base, from which project 100 silicon needle-type electrodes in a 10×10 array. Each needle is approximately 1,500 μm long, 80μm in diameter at the base, and tapers to a sharp point at the metalized tip. The technique used to manufacture these arrays differs from our previous method in that a glass dielectric, rather than a_p-n-p_ junction, provides electrical isolation between the individual electrodes in the array. The new electrode arrays exhibit superior electrical properties to those described previously. We have measured interelectrode impedances of at least 1013 Ω, and interelectrode capacitances of approximately 50 fF for the new arrays. In this paper, we describe the manufacturing techniques used to create the arrays, focusing on the dielectric isolation technique, and discuss the electrical and mechanical characteristics of these arrays.

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  1. Patrick K. Campbell
    Present address: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, CA

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT
    Kelly E. Jones, Patrick K. Campbell & Richard A. Normann

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Jones, K.E., Campbell, P.K. & Normann, R.A. A glass/silicon composite intracortical electrode array.Ann Biomed Eng 20, 423–437 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02368134

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