A distributed real-time wireless neural interface including a reader and an array of distinct recording devices having a wireless section and a sensor section. The reader outputs and receives radio-frequency signals. The wireless section of the array includes an rf power converter, an antenna, a regulator, and a modulator. The antenna receives the radio-frequency signals output by the reader and provides the radio-frequency signals to the rf power converter which converts such radio-frequency signals to power signals. The regulator receives the power signals and regulates such power signals to provide stable power signals. The sensor section receives the stable power signals and is adapted to detect neural activity and provide output signals containing information indicative of such neural activity to the modulator. The modulator receives the power signals and the output signals from the sensor section communicates the information in the output signals to the reader via the antenna.
