Abstract:
An acoustic transducer comprising: a mechanical acoustic filter configured to be electrically controllable to change the acoustic properties of the transducer.
Abstract:
A packaged device, wherein at least one sensitive portion (7) of a chip (6) is enclosed in a chamber (4; 64; 74) formed by a package (3, 2; 33; 62, 63; 70, 73). The package has an air-permeable area (17) having a plurality of holes (15) and a liquid-repellent structure (16; 30; 56) so as to enable passage of air between an external environment and the chamber and block the passage of liquids.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric MEMS microphone comprising a multi-layer sensor that includes at least one piezoelectric layer between two electrode layers, with the sensor being dimensioned such that it provides a near maximized ratio of output energy to sensor area, as determined by an optimization parameter that accounts for input pressure, bandwidth, and characteristics of the piezoelectric and electrode materials. The sensor can be formed from single or stacked cantilevered beams separated from each other by a small gap, or can be a stress-relieved diaphragm that is formed by deposition onto a silicon substrate, with the diaphragm then being stress relieved by substantial detachment of the diaphragm from the substrate, and then followed by reattachment of the now stress relieved diaphragm.
Abstract:
In this microphone unit (110), a first sound hole (31) and a second sound hole (32) are provided to extend toward a surface of an electronic apparatus (100) internally mounted with a differential vibrating portion (14), intersecting with a main surface (21) of the electronic apparatus, and an end portion of the first sound hole closer to the surface intersecting with the main surface of the electronic apparatus and an end portion of the second sound hole closer to the surface intersecting with the main surface of the electronic apparatus are so arranged that the vertical distances of the end portions from the main surface of the electronic apparatus are different from each other.
Abstract:
There is provided a sound reproduction device including a left channel housing unit that accommodates at least a left channel driver unit outputting a left channel sound, a left channel microphone recording an external sound, and a left channel micro-computer controlling a setting for a noise cancelling processing based on a recording signal of the left channel microphone; and a right channel housing unit that accommodates at least a right channel driver unit outputting a right channel sound, a right channel microphone recording an external sound, and a right channel micro-computer controlling a setting for a noise cancelling processing based on a recording signal of the right channel microphone. The left channel micro-computer and the right channel micro-computer are configured to communicate data with each other.
Abstract:
A stress concentrating apparatus and a method for a MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) sensors is provided. The apparatus includes a plate having an inner region and outer region, the inner region being separated from the outer region by slits defined in the plate. A stress concentrator bridge connects the inner region to the outer region, and to mechanically amplify stress applied on the inner region of the plate. At least one stress sensor is operatively connected to the stress concentrator bridge, whereby the at least one stress sensor converts the mechanically amplified stress applied on the inner region into an electrical signal.
Abstract:
A method of sensing vibrations in the middle ear is presented. The method includes implanting a transducer in the middle ear. The transducer measures vibration, within a predetermined frequency range, of at least one component of the middle ear. The transducer has a resonance frequency within the predetermined frequency range, and further has a limited frequency response in a portion of the frequency range. The implanting includes operatively coupling the implant to the at least one component of the middle ear such that the limited frequency response of the transducer is complimentary to, and compensated by, the frequency characteristics of the at least one component of the middle ear.