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Silicon Models of Early Audition

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Lazzaro, John P. (1990) Silicon Models of Early Audition. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/nt1w-ry58. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05152007-085000

Abstract

This dissertation describes silicon integrated circuits that model known and proposed physiological structures in the early auditory system. Specifically, it describes silicon models of auditory-nerve response, of auditory localization in the barn owl, and of pitch perception. The integrated circuits model the structure as well as the function of the physiology; all subcircuits in the chips have anatomical correlates. The chips, two of which contain over 100,000 transistors, compute all outputs in real time, using analog, continuous-time processing. In most respects, chip responses approximate physiological or psychophysical response of the modeled biological systems. The dissertation also describes a novel nonlinear-inhibition circuit, which is a key component of two of the silicon models.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Subject Keywords:Computer Science
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Computer Science
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Mead, Carver
Thesis Committee:
  • Mead, Carver (chair)
  • Konishi, Masakazu
  • Lyon, Richard F.
Defense Date:23 August 1989
Record Number:CaltechETD:etd-05152007-085000
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05152007-085000
DOI:10.7907/nt1w-ry58
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:1819
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
Deposited By: Imported from ETD-db
Deposited On:15 May 2007
Last Modified:16 Apr 2021 23:30

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