This study aimed to measure the initial portion of signal required for the correct identification of auditory speech stimuli (or isolation points, IPs) in silence and noise, and to investigate the relationships between auditory and cognitive functions in silence and noise. Twenty-one university students were presented with auditory stimuli in a gating paradigm for the identification of consonan...

We investigate use of nanomechanical torsional resonators for frequency-shift-based infrared (IR) thermal sensing. Nanoscale torsion rods, ~1 μm long and 50-100 nm in diameter, provide both extraordinary thermal isolation and excellent angular displacement and torque sensitivities, of order ~10(-7) rad·Hz(-1/2) and ~10(-22) (N·m) Hz(-1/2), respectively. Furthermore, these nanorods act as linear...

A low-power, high-gain CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) for use as the first stage of a subsampling receiver is proposed. The performance of +96-dB voltage gain and less than 1-dB Noise Figure (NF) with very low power consumption is reported for the first time and makes it suitable for subsampling mixer with Track and Hold (T/H) circuit. The LNA contains both tuned and inductorless amplifier stag...

In this paper an introduction to substrate noise in silicon on insulator (SOI) is given. Differences between substrate noise coupling in conventional bulk CMOS and SOI CMOS are discussed and analyzed by simulations. The efficiency of common substrate noise reduction methods are also analyzed. Simulation results show that the advantage of the substrate isolation in SOI is only valid up to a freq...

We demonstrate feed-forward vibration isolation on a suspended Fabry-Perot interferometer using Wiener filtering and a variant of the common least mean square adaptive filter algorithm. We compare the experimental results with theoretical estimates of the cancellation efficiency. Using data from the recent Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Science Run, we also estimate ...

A single-stage ultra-wideband (UWB) CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) employing interstage matching inductor on conventional cascode inductive source degeneration structure is presented in this paper. The proposed LNA is implemented in 0.18μm CMOS technology for a 3 to 5 GHz ultra-wideband system. By careful optimization, an interstage inductor can increase the overall broadband gain while maintai...

Delivering high gain, low noise and good linearity simultaneously with low power consumption in fully-integrated CMOS low noise amplifiers (LNAs) has posed significant difficulty. This paper presents a 19 dB gain, 2.4 dB noise figure, common-gate common-source (CG-CS) single-ended LNA operating at 5.4 GHz. Using gm-boosting, current-reuse and transformer feedback techniques, the LNA mitigates s...

This paper presents the design and experimental results of a miniaturized monolithic 2.4/5.7 GHz concurrent dual-band low noise amplifier with cascade configuration using InGaP/GaAs HBT technology for the first time. The first stage of the LNA provides high gain and input matching simultaneously at both 2.4 GHz and 5.7 GHz bands. The output matching of the second stage is realized by shunt-shun...