@inproceedings{15790ac7c5614d18aa769d31a3d2889f,
title = "Live demonstration: The self-tuned regenerative electromechanical parametric amplifier",
abstract = "We have designed, constructed and tested an electromechanical acoustic sensor as a conceptual model for the active process in the mammalian cochlea. The sensor is based on a mechanical resonator - a stretched latex band - which is tonically (tensionally) modulated by an electromechanical actuator. A feedback circuit senses the motion of the resonator, and modulates its tension at twice the frequency of its motion. An amplifier is thereby formed, which is self-tuned to the circuit's resonance, and which produces gain by regeneration and degenerate parametric pumping. The system is simple in structure; physiologically plausible as a model for the basilar membrane and associated hair cells; and reproduces several well-known features of the cochlear amplifier.",
author = "Jonathan Tapson and Tara Hamilton and \{Van Schaik\}, Andr{\'e}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537304",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424453085",
series = "ISCAS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems: Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems",
pages = "1423",
booktitle = "ISCAS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems",
note = "2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems: Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems, ISCAS 2010 ; Conference date: 30-05-2010 Through 02-06-2010",
}