Development of a multi-channel piezoelectric acoustic sensor based on an artificial basilar membrane

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-128

  Jung, Youngdo ^a   Kwak, Jun Hyuk ^a   Lee, Young Hwa ^a   Kim, Wan Doo ^a   Hur, Shin ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial basilar membrane (ABM); Cochlea; Laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV); Microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FABRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MEMBRANES; MULTIPHYSICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ARTIFICIAL BASILAR MEMBRANE; BASILAR MEMBRANES; COCHLEA; LASER DOPPLE VIBROMETER; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MULTI CHANNEL; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC SENSORS;

MEMS;

EID: 84891063172     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140100117     Document Type: Article

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