A compact and low-cost MEMS loudspeaker for digital hearing aids

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-358

  Je, Sang Soo ^a   Rivas, Fernando ^b   Diaz, Rodolfo E ^a   Kwon, Jiuk ^a   Kim, Jeonghwan ^a   Bakkaloglu, Bertan ^a   Kiaei, Sayfe ^a   Fellow, ^a   Chae, Junseok ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCIES; BIT STREAM; CLASS D AMPLIFIER; CLASS-D; CLOCK RATE; COIL IMPEDANCE; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; COPPER COILS; DIGITAL HEARING AIDS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FORM FACTORS; H-BRIDGES; LOW POWER; MASS PRODUCIBLE; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MEMS TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; NDFEB PERMANENT MAGNET; POWER CONSUMPTION; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SINGLE-BIT; SOFT MAGNET; SOUND GENERATION; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUDIO SYSTEMS; AUDITION; COST REDUCTION; DIAPHRAGMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEARING AIDS; MAGNETS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; POLYIMIDES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

EID: 74949097442     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.2026429     Document Type: Article

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