The IIS Chip Gallery
WirelessHearingAid (2001)
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| Application | Biomedical |
| Technology | 800 |
| Manufacturer | austriamicrosystems |
| Type | Research |
| Package | Baredie |
| Dimensions | 1900μm x 1200μm |
| Voltage | 2.0 V |
| Power | 1.33 mW |
This chip is a low-power receiver for a wireless hearing aid system working in the 174-223-MHz range and its implementation in a 0.8- m BiCMOS technology. The chip comprises a low-noise amplifier, an RF mixer, a variable-gain IF amplifier, and a demodulator. The latter consists of a digital phase shifter and I/Q IF mixers, fifth-order Bessel filters, and dc amplifiers. Measurements demonstrate that merely 667 A is consumed for the reception of an 8-ary phase-shift keying signal with a data rate of 336 kb/s. The receiver works with different modulation formats, including those carrying information in the amplitude.