A biomimetic, 4.5 μw, 120+ dB, log-domain cochlea channel with AGC

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1006-1022

  Katsiamis, Andreas G ^a   Drakakis, E M ^a   Lyon, Richard F ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Automatic gain control; Bionic ear; Cochlea; Companding; Gammatone; Log domain; Low power

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIOMIMETICS; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

AUDITORY PROCESSING; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; COCHLEA; COMPANDING; GAMMATONE; LOG-DOMAIN; LOW-POWER;

GAIN CONTROL;

EID: 61449145748     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2011039     Document Type: Article

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