Development of piezoelectric acoustic sensor with frequency selectivity for artificial cochlea

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-192

  Shintaku, Hirofumi ^a   Nakagawa, Takayuki ^b   Kitagawa, Dai ^a   Tanujaya, Harto ^a   Kawano, Satoyuki ^a   Ito, Juichi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic MEMS sensor; Artificial cochlea; Biomechanical engineering; Fluid structure interaction; Piezoelectric device

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; ALUMINUM THIN FILMS; ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; BASILAR MEMBRANES; BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; BRILLOUIN; DIFLUORIDE; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRIC OUTPUT; ELECTRIC VOLTAGE; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; ENGINEERING FLUIDS; EXTERNAL ENERGY; FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY; IN-VITRO; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MEMS SENSORS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC SENSORS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SILICONE OIL; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

ACOUSTICS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SILICONES;

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EID: 77949302907     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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