• DocumentCode
    517165
  • Title

    A Low-Voltage Low-Power Fully-Integratable Front-End for Hearing Instruments

  • Author

    Serdijn, WouterA ; van der Woerd, Albert C. ; Davidse, Jan ; Van Roermund, Arthur H M

  • Author_Institution
    Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands, phone: +31-15-781579, fax: +31-15-785922, e-mail: W.A.Serdijn@et.tudelft.nl
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    19-21 Sept. 1995
  • Firstpage
    166
  • Lastpage
    169
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the core of a universally applicable analog integrated circuit for hearing instruments is presented: a microphone preamplifier and an input-controlled automatic gain control with an adjustable knee level. The test chip demonstrates operation down to 1.05 V and a current consumption between 80 and 125 ¿A. The full-custom chip area in a 2.5¿m BiCMOS process (using only vertical NPNs and lateral PNPs) amounts to 0.56 mm2.
  • Keywords
    Analog integrated circuits; Auditory system; Circuit noise; Dynamic range; Filters; Gain control; Instruments; Knee; Microphones; Preamplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1995. ESSCIRC '95. Twenty-first European
  • Conference_Location
    Lille, France
  • Print_ISBN
    2-86332-180-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5469300
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=517165