Design of an Analogue VLSI Model of an Active Cochlea

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-35

  Fragnière, Eric ^a,b,c,d   Van Schaik, André ^a,e,f   Vittoz, Eric A ^a,b,g,h,i  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f Swiss Ctr Electronics M   (Switzerland)

^g Centre Electronique Horloger SA   (Switzerland)

^h CEH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Integrated Circuits and Systems   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active cochlea; Analogue VLSI; Automatic gain control; Biological modelling; Pseudoresonance; Quality factor modulation; Second order filter cascade; Silicon cochlea

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIN CONTROL; LOW PASS FILTERS;

CASCADE PSEUDORESONANCE; COCHLEA; QUALITY FACTOR MODULATION; SECOND ORDER CASCADE FILTER;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031142714     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008234622348     Document Type: Article

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