Compression loaded slit shaped waveguide
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a sound source with slit shaped waveguide. An example embodiment of the sound source includes a driver configured to receive audio signal current and generate pressurized air and a chamber coupled to the driver and configured to direct the pressurized air from the driver. The sound source further includes a slit shaped exit coupled to the chamber and configured to receive the pressurized air from the chamber and to emit sound waves.
1. A sound source, comprising:
a compression driver configured to receive an audio signal current and to generate pressurized air;
a plurality of chambers coupled to the compression driver and configured to direct the pressurized air from the compression driver; and
a plurality of slit shaped exits coupled to the plurality of chambers and configured to receive the pressurized air from the plurality of chambers and to generate and emit sound waves based on the pressurized air,
wherein a first set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers and a second set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers,
wherein the sound source is associated with a display device and the plurality of slit shaped exits are located on a front side of the display device, and
wherein the plurality of chambers comprise a connector to couple to the compression driver.
2. The sound source of claim 1 , wherein a shape or a dimension of the connector is designed such that a parameter of the sound waves is within a predetermined threshold.
3. The sound source of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of slit shaped exits are arranged in an array.
4. The sound source of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of slit shaped exits has a length of about 12 mm and a height of about 1 mm.
5. The sound source of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second driver configured to receive a second audio signal current and to generate second pressurized air; and
a third chamber coupled to the second driver and configured to direct the second pressurized air from the second driver.
6. The sound source of claim 5 , further comprising:
a second slit shaped exit coupled to the third chamber and configured to receive the second pressurized air from the third chamber and to emit second sound waves.
7. The sound source of claim 5 , further comprising:
an array of exits coupled to the third chamber and configured to receive the second pressurized air from the third chamber and to emit second sound waves, wherein a surface area of the array of exits is designed to emit the second sound waves.
8. The sound source of claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of chambers is designed to optimize one or more parameters of the sound waves.
9. A display device, comprising:
a sound source, comprising:
a compression driver configured to receive an audio signal current and to generate pressurized air;
a plurality of chambers coupled to the compression driver and configured to direct the pressurized air from the compression driver; and
a plurality of slit shaped exits located on a front side of the display device and coupled to the plurality of chambers and configured to receive the pressurized air from the plurality of chambers and to generate and emit sound waves based on the pressurized air,
wherein a first set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers and a second set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers, and
wherein the plurality of chambers comprise a connector to couple to the compression driver.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein a shape or a dimension of the connector is designed such that a parameter of the sound waves is within a predetermined threshold.
11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of slit shaped exits are arranged in an array.
12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of slit shaped exits has a length of about 12 mm and a height of about 1 mm.
13. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the sound source further comprises:
a second driver configured to receive a second audio signal current and to generate second pressurized air; and
a third chamber coupled to the second driver and configured to direct the second pressurized air from the second driver.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the sound source further comprises:
an array of exits coupled to the third chamber and configured to receive the second pressurized air from the third chamber and to emit second sound waves, wherein a surface area of the array of exits is designed to emit the second sound waves.
15. The display device of claim 9 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of chambers is designed to optimize one or more parameters of the sound waves.
16. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a compression driver of a sound source of a display device, an audio signal current;
generating, by the compression driver, pressurized air;
directing, using a plurality of chambers coupled to the compression driver, the pressurized air from the compression driver;
receiving, using a plurality of slit shaped exits coupled to the plurality of chambers, the pressurized air from the plurality of chambers, wherein the plurality of slit shaped exits are located on a front side of the display device and wherein a first set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers and a second set of two or more slit shaped exits of the plurality of slit shaped exits is coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers;
generating, using the plurality of slit shaped exits and using the pressurized air, sound waves; and
emitting, using the plurality of slit shaped exits, the sound waves,
wherein the plurality of chambers comprises a connector to couple to the compression driver.