High Performance Programmable Bi-phasic Pulse Generator Design for a Cochlear Speech Processor
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چکیده
Cochlear implant devices are designed to provide sound sensation and improved speech understanding to people who are profoundly hearing impaired. Best speech recognition could be achieved by using multi-channel, multi-electrode cochlear implant devices. In a multichannel cochlear prosthesis, channel interaction and tissue damage are important issues to be solved. Speech processing and modidation strategies are the steps in solving these problems. Bi-phasic pulse streams are used as a modulator signal in Continuous Interleaved Sampling (CIS) base cochlear implant devices which is the best processing strategy. In this paper, we present a highperformance, low-power, low-voltage, digitally programmable bi-phasic pulse generator for cochlear implant speech processing systems operates at a single 1.5 V, and consumes only 15 p Watt dynamic power. Pulse width and inter-channel separation time periods of 4 channels can be digitally programed with 15 programing choices.
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