IP Library Granted Patent US 10,687,149
Granted Patent B2
US 10,687,149 · App. 16/509,628 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

MEMS microphone

Inventors: Akifumi Kamijima (Tokyo, JP); Tohru Inoue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H04R19/04B81B7/008H04R3/005H04R3/04H04R25/407B81B2201/0257H04R2201/003
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Patent No.
US 10,687,149
App. No.
16/509,628
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A MEMS microphone includes a substrate, and a first conversion portion and a second conversion portion provided on the substrate, the first conversion portion and the second conversion portion convert sound into an electrical signal, the first conversion portion includes a first through hole, a first membrane covering the first through hole, and a first back plate facing the first membrane via a first air gap, the second conversion portion includes a second through hole, a second membrane covering the second through hole, and a second back plate facing the second membrane via a second air gap, and an area of the second membrane is 1.21 times or more and 2.25 times or less an area of the first membrane when viewed in a thickness direction of the substrate.

Claims (25)

1. A MEMS microphone comprising:

a substrate; and

a first conversion portion and a second conversion portion provided on the substrate, the first conversion portion and a second conversion portion convert sound into an electrical signal,

wherein the first conversion portion includes

a first through hole penetrating the substrate;

a first membrane covering the first through hole on one surface side of the substrate; and

a first back plate covering the first through hole on the one surface side of the substrate, the first back plate faces the first membrane via a first air gap,

wherein the second conversion portion includes

a second through hole penetrating the substrate;

a second membrane covering the second through hole on the one surface side of the substrate; and

a second back plate covering the second through hole on the one surface side of the substrate, the second back plate faces the second membrane via a second air gap, and

an area of the second membrane is 1.21 times or more and 2.25 times or less an area of the first membrane when viewed in a thickness direction of the substrate.

2. The MEMS microphone according to claim 1 , wherein the first membrane and the second membrane have a circular shape, and a diameter of the second membrane is 1.1 times or more and 1.3 times or less a diameter of the first membrane.

3. The MEMS microphone according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first membrane, the first back plate, the second membrane, and the second back plate have a circular shape when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate, and

a ratio of the diameter of the first membrane to a diameter of the first back plate and a ratio of a diameter of the second membrane to a diameter of the second back plate are 0.95 times or more and 1.10 times or less.

4. The MEMS microphone according to claim 3 , wherein a center of the first membrane and a center of the first back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or are shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the first membrane and the first back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

5. The MEMS microphone according to claim 4 , wherein a center of the second membrane and a center of the second back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or are shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the second membrane and the second back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

6. The MEMS microphone according to claim 3 , wherein a center of the second membrane and a center of the second back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or are shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the second membrane and the second back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

7. The MEMS microphone according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first membrane, the first back plate, the second membrane, and the second back plate have a circular shape when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate, and

a ratio of a diameter of the first membrane to a diameter of the first back plate and a ratio of a diameter of the second membrane to a diameter of the second back plate are 0.95 times or more and 1.10 times or less.

8. The MEMS microphone according to claim 7 , wherein a center of the first membrane and a center of the first back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or are shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the first membrane and the first back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

9. The MEMS microphone according to claim 8 , wherein a center of the second membrane and a center of the second back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or are shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the second membrane and the second back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

10. The MEMS microphone according to claim 7 , wherein a center of the second membrane and a center of the second back plate are substantially aligned with each other, or axe shifted from each other by 5% or less of a diameter of one having a smaller diameter among the second membrane and the second back plate when viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2025
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: INVENSENSE, INC.
Reel/Frame 073080/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2019
From: KAMIJIMA, AKIFUMI; INOUE, TOHRU
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049733/0502 →