A low-power two-digit multi-dimensional logarithmic number system filterbank architecture for a digital hearing aid

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3015-3025

  Muscedere, Roberto ^a   Dimitrov, Vassil ^b   Jullien, Graham ^b   Miller, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double base number system; Filterbank; Hearing aids or instruments; Logarithmic number system; Low power; Multi dimensional logarithmic number system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIGITAL FILTERS; NUMBER THEORY;

DOUBLE-BASE NUMBER SYSTEMS; FILTERBANKS; LOGARITHMIC NUMBER SYSTEMS; LOW POWER; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LOGARITHMIC NUMBER SYSTEMS;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 33751276564     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.3015     Document Type: Article

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