Feasibility of LCP as an Encapsulating Material for Photodiode-Based Retinal Implants

While retinal implants based on microphotodiode array (MPDA) could achieve great number of channels without an external camera, the absence of proper packaging technology of MPDA has limited their use in chronic implantation. Liquid crystal polymer (LCP) has gained increasing attention as a biomater...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2016-05, Vol.28 (9), p.1018-1021
Main Authors: Park, Jeong Hoan, Jeong, Joonsoo, Moon, Hyowon, Kim, Chaebin, Kim, Sung June
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Digital cameras
Encapsulation
Implants
microphotodiodes
Optical films
photodiodes
Retina
retinal implant
Sensors
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Summary:While retinal implants based on microphotodiode array (MPDA) could achieve great number of channels without an external camera, the absence of proper packaging technology of MPDA has limited their use in chronic implantation. Liquid crystal polymer (LCP) has gained increasing attention as a biomaterial for implantable devices due to its low water absorption rate and low permeability. In this letter, feasibility of LCP film as an encapsulation material of photodiode-based retinal prosthesis was explored. Optical property of LCP was measured to find the film thickness that can guarantee the light transmittance greater than 20%, which was achieved by developing the dry etching process of commercial LCP films to be less than 10 μm. The minimum distinguishable line pitch of the thin LCP encapsulation evaluated by a custom setup with projected grating patterns on CMOS image sensor was 90 μm, which could be equivalent to ideally 1200 channels in macular area of 10 mm 2 .
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2016.2523561