MEMS microphone
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 a dimension of the second air gap is greater than a dimension of the first air gap in a thickness direction of the substrate.
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 the 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
a dimension of the second air gap is greater than a dimension of the first air gap in a thickness direction of the substrate.
2. The MEMS microphone according to claim 1 , wherein the dimension of the second air gap is 1.1 times or more and 2.0 times or less the dimension of the first air gap in the thickness direction of the substrate.
3. The MEMS microphone according to claim wherein the first conversion portion includes a contact suppression portion suppressing contact between the first membrane and the first back plate.
4. The MEMS microphone according to claim 2 , wherein the first conversion portion includes a contact suppression portion suppressing contact between the first membrane and the first back plate.
5. A MEMS microphone comprising:
a substrate having a through hole;
a membrane covering the through hole on one surface side of the substrate;
a first back plate covering the through hole on the one surface side of the substrate, the first back plate faces the membrane via a first air gap; and
a second back plate provided on the opposite side of the first back plate with respect to the membrane, the second back plate covers the through hole on the one surface side of the substrate, and the second back plate faces the membrane via a second air gap,
wherein a dimension of the second air gap is greater than a dimension of the first air gap in a thickness direction of the substrate.
6. The MEMS microphone according to claim 5 , wherein the dimension of the second air gap is 1.1 times or more and 2.0 times or less the dimension of the first air gap in the thickness direction of the substrate.
7. The MEMS microphone according to claim 5 , wherein the first back plate includes a contact suppression portion suppressing contact between the membrane and the first back plate.
8. The MEMS microphone according to claim 6 , wherein the first back plate has a contact suppression portion suppressing contact between the membrane and the first back plate.