Microphone unit
View Patent ↗A microphone unit comprises a vibratory diaphragm for detecting sound input through its first and second openings. The sound input through the first opening is guided to a front surface of the vibratory diaphragm while the sound input through the second opening is guided to a rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm so as to detect the sound by the vibration of the vibratory diaphragm. The microphone unit satisfies relation 0.76≦D/Δr≦2.0 where D is difference in time between the sound propagation time from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm and that from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, while Δr is distance between the first and second openings. The relation D/Δr≦2.0 can reduce far-field noise, while the relation 0.76≦D/Δr can increase the detection sensitivity to sound emitted from a null point.
1. A microphone unit comprising:
a housing having a first opening and a second opening; and
a vibratory diaphragm having a front surface and a rear surface and contained in the housing for detecting sound,
wherein sound input through the first opening is guided to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm while sound input through the second opening is guided to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, so as to detect the sound by vibration of the vibratory diaphragm,
wherein the microphone unit further comprises time difference generating means for generating a difference in time between sound propagation time from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm and sound propagation time from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, and
wherein the time difference generating means generates a difference in time so as to satisfy the relation 0.76≦D/Δr≦2.0 where D is the difference in time while Δr is distance between the first and second openings, wherein the time difference generating means is formed by a structure with a difference in length between length of a sound propagation path from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm and length of a sound propagation path from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm.
2. The microphone unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and second openings are formed on a same plane of the housing.
3. A microphone unit comprising:
a housing having a first opening and a second opening; and
a vibratory diaphragm having a front surface and a rear surface and contained in the housing for detecting sound,
wherein sound input through the first opening is guided along a first sound propagation path from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm, and sound input through the second opening is guided along a second sound propagation path from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, so as to detect the sound by vibration of the vibratory diaphragm, and wherein the first sound propagation path and second sound propagation path have different lengths such that the first sound propagation path and the second sound propagation path have different sound propagation times, and wherein the sound propagation times of the first sound propagation path and the second sound propagation path satisfy the relation of 0.76≦D/Δr≦2.0, where D is the difference in times and Δr is a distance between the first opening and the second opening.
4. A microphone unit comprising:
a housing having a first opening and a second opening; and
a vibratory diaphragm having a front surface and a rear surface and contained in the housing for detecting sound,
wherein sound input through the first opening is guided along a first sound propagation path from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm, and sound input through the second opening is guided along a second sound propagation path from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, so as to detect the sound by vibration of the vibratory diaphragm, and wherein the first sound propagation path and second sound propagation path have different lengths such that the first sound propagation path and the second sound propagation path have different sound propagation times, and wherein the sound propagation times of the first sound propagation path and the second sound propagation path satisfy the relation of 0.76≦D/Δr≦2.0, where D is the difference in times and Δr is a distance between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the first and second openings are formed on a same plane of the housing.