DocumentCode
2546565
Title
Circuits for an RF cochlea
Author
Mandal, Soumyajit ; Zhak, Serhii ; Sarpeshkar, Rahul
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-24 May 2006
Abstract
We develop a technique for approximating a WKB-type solution to a wave equation as a cascade of unidirectional filters. This allows us to design improved building-block circuits for a bio-inspired RF cochlea. By comparing properties of different cochlear filter stages using experimental results and circuit simulations, we demonstrate that our technique significantly improves the characteristics of the RF cochlea
Keywords
ear; filters; signal processing; RF cochlea; WKB-type solution; circuit simulation; cochlear filter; unidirectional filter; wave equation; Band pass filters; Distributed parameter circuits; Dynamic range; Inductors; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Shunt (electrical); Spectral analysis; Tin; Transfer functions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Island of Kos
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9389-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693408
Filename
1693408
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