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Shawn Kelly, PhD

Research Engineer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Low Power Analog and Mixed-signal Circuit Design

Shawn K. Kelly received his S.B. (1996), M.Eng. (1998), and Ph.D. (2003) in Electrical Engineering from MIT. For his M.Eng. project under Professor John Wyatt, he built a battery powered retinal stimulation system, which was used in all 6 human trials for the Retinal Implant Project. His Ph.D. project under Professor Wyatt produced a low-power retinal stimulator chip which used 1/3 the power of comparable stimulators.

Dr. Kelly is now leading the circuit design work and developing power efficient circuitry for retinal stimulation and for transmitting power and data to a retinal implant. He is also working on the next generation implant, and is leading the testing of our prototype implants.

Publications:

Perceptual efficacy of electrical stimulation of human retina with a microelectrode array during short-term surgical trials

Methods and perceptual thresholds for short-term electrical stimulation of human retina with microelectrode arrays

Vision Project

A Power-Efficient Voltage-Based Neural Tissue Stimulator

Minimally Invasive Retinal Prosthesis

Improved Class A Based Transmitter System for Wireless Retinal Implant Data Telemetry

Exploration of Optimal Coil Designs for Retinal Implant Power and Data Telemetry

Development of a Telemetry System for the Boston Retinal Implant

Low-Power Neural Stimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis

Low-Power Techniques for a Retinal Prosthesis