IP Library Granted Patent US 6,950,529
Granted Patent B2
US 6,950,529 · App. 09/860,010 · Granted Sep 27, 2005

System consisting of a microphone and an amplifier

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Patent No.
US 6,950,529
App. No.
09/860,010
Granted
Sep 27, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Microphone/amplifier system in which the microphone comprises a case with an inlet opening, a diaphragm and a backplate, and the amplifier is arranged in the case and is coupled to the diaphragm/backplate system. In the case, the diaphragm forms a first partition between a first compartment containing the inlet opening to the surroundings and a second compartment accommodating the amplifier. According to the invention, the second compartment is divided by a second partition into a first and second subcompartment, while an opening of a predetermined volume is provided in the second partition, this volume having a magnitude such that air in the first subcompartment can be caused to vibrate only with sound vibrations of low frequencies. Through this feature, the frequency characteristic of the system can be influenced.

Claims (6)

1. A system ( 1 ) consisting of a microphone and an amplifier, the microphone comprising a case ( 10 , 11 ) having case walls, at least one opening to the surroundings being provided in at least one of the case walls, the microphone further comprising a system consisting of a diaphragm ( 14 ) and a backplate ( 13 ), the amplifier ( 100 ) being arranged in the case and being coupled to the system consisting of the diaphragm ( 14 ) and the backplate ( 13 ), the diaphragm ( 14 ) in the case ( 10 , 11 ) forming a first partition between a first compartment in which the at least one opening to the surroundings terminates and a second compartment in which the amplifier is accommodated, the second compartment being essentially closed off from the surroundings,

characterized in that the second compartment is divided into a first and a second subcompartment ( 19 , 20 ) by a second partition ( 15 , 17 ), an opening ( 18 ) of a predetermined volume being provided in the second partition ( 15 , 17 ), the volume ( 18 ) having a magnitude such that air in the first subcompartment ( 19 ) can be caused to vibrate only with sound vibrations of low frequencies.

2. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first subcompartment is bounded by the second partition ( 15 ) and case walls ( 11 ), and the second subcompartment is bounded by the second partition ( 15 ), the diaphragm ( 14 ) and case walls ( 10 ), and that the amplifier ( 100 ) is accommodated in the first subcompartment ( 19 ).

3. A system according to claim 2 , wherein the amplifier ( 100 ) is arranged on a printed circuit board ( 17 ), characterized in that the printed circuit board ( 17 ) rests on the second partition ( 15 ) and that a through-opening ( 18 , 18 ′) is provided in the printed circuit board and the second partition.

4. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the amplifier ( 100 ) is arranged on a printed circuit board ( 17 ) extending parallel to the diaphragm ( 14 ), and that the printed circuit board constitutes the second partition.

5. A system according to claim 4 , characterized in that the amplifier ( 100 ) is accommodated in the second subcompartment ( 20 ).

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2010
From: PULSE NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 024120/0332 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 2, 2009
From: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
To: PULSE NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023312/0944 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2009
From: SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023134/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2003
From: MICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 013828/0972 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2001
From: WILMINK, ENGBERT
To: MICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 011823/0036 →