Ultra-wideband transceivers for cochlear implants

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3069-3075

  Buchegger, Thomas ^a   Oßberger, Gerald ^a   Reisenzahn, Alexander ^b   Hochmair, Erwin ^c   Stelzer, Andreas ^b   Springer, Andreas ^b  

^a LINZ CENTER OF MECHATRONICS GMBH   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Back tunnel diode; Broadband antenna; Cochlear implant; Detector receiver; Step recovery diode; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL FILTERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TISSUE; TUNNEL DIODES;

BACK TUNNEL DIODES; BROADBAND ANTENNAS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DETECTOR RECEIVERS; STEP RECOVERY DIODES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TRANSCEIVERS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 33751301309     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.3069     Document Type: Article

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