A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for BLM-based ion channel recording
A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for BLM-based ion channel recording
High-throughput screening (HTS) using ion channel recording is a powerful drug discovery technique in pharmacology. Ion channel recording with planar bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) is scalable and has very high sensitivity. A HTS system based on BLM ion channel recording faces three main challenges: (i) design of scalable microfluidic devices; (ii) design of compact ultra-low-noise transimpedance amplifiers able to detect currents in the pA range with bandwidth >10 kHz; (iii) design of compact, robust and scalable systems that integrate these two elements. This paper presents a low-noise transimpedance amplifier with integrated A/D conversion realized in CMOS 0.35 µm technology. The CMOS amplifier acquires currents in the range ±200 pA and ±20 nA, with 100 kHz bandwidth while dissipating 41 mW. An integrated digital offset compensation loop balances any voltage offsets from Ag/AgCl electrodes. The measured open-input input-referred noise current is as low as 4 fA/Root Hz at ±200 pA range. The current amplifier is embedded in an integrated platform, together with a microfluidic device, for current recording from ion channels. Gramicidin-A, alpha-haemolysin and KcsA potassium channels have been used to prove both the platform and the current-to-digital converter.
transimpedance amplifier, current sensing circuit, low-noise amplifier, low-noise current sensor, noise, ion channel recording, bilayer lipid membranes, electrophysiology
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Crescentini, Marco
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Ivica, Josip
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Morgan, Hywel
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Bennati, Marco
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Saha, Shimul C.
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Ivica, Josip
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de Planque, Maurits R.R.
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Morgan, Hywel
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Crescentini, Marco, Bennati, Marco, Saha, Shimul C., Ivica, Josip, de Planque, Maurits R.R., Morgan, Hywel and Tartagni, Marco
(2016)
A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for BLM-based ion channel recording.
Sensors, 16 (5, 709), .
(doi:10.3390/s16050709).
Abstract
High-throughput screening (HTS) using ion channel recording is a powerful drug discovery technique in pharmacology. Ion channel recording with planar bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) is scalable and has very high sensitivity. A HTS system based on BLM ion channel recording faces three main challenges: (i) design of scalable microfluidic devices; (ii) design of compact ultra-low-noise transimpedance amplifiers able to detect currents in the pA range with bandwidth >10 kHz; (iii) design of compact, robust and scalable systems that integrate these two elements. This paper presents a low-noise transimpedance amplifier with integrated A/D conversion realized in CMOS 0.35 µm technology. The CMOS amplifier acquires currents in the range ±200 pA and ±20 nA, with 100 kHz bandwidth while dissipating 41 mW. An integrated digital offset compensation loop balances any voltage offsets from Ag/AgCl electrodes. The measured open-input input-referred noise current is as low as 4 fA/Root Hz at ±200 pA range. The current amplifier is embedded in an integrated platform, together with a microfluidic device, for current recording from ion channels. Gramicidin-A, alpha-haemolysin and KcsA potassium channels have been used to prove both the platform and the current-to-digital converter.
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Submitted date: 11 December 2015
Accepted/In Press date: 5 May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 May 2016
Published date: 19 May 2016
Keywords:
transimpedance amplifier, current sensing circuit, low-noise amplifier, low-noise current sensor, noise, ion channel recording, bilayer lipid membranes, electrophysiology
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Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/375224
ISSN: 1424-8220
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Marco Crescentini
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Marco Bennati
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Josip Ivica
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Maurits R.R. de Planque
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Hywel Morgan
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Marco Tartagni
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