Abstract:
A directional microphone with toroidal sensitivity characteristics which can be selectively distorted is constructed with an arrangement of acoustic tubes which sample an acoustic field at a number of separated points on an inner circle and at separated points on a concentric outer circle. The acoustic signals from the inner points are summed in a first acoustic cavity and the signals from the outer points are summed in a second cavity. The first and second cavities are separated by a foil electret or other electroacoustic transducer which produces a signal proportional to the difference in sound pressure between them. Several of the acoustic tubes may be adjusted to alter the shape of the microphone''s sensitivity pattern in the plane of maximum sensitivity and the entire acoustic system is selectively dimensioned to equalize the system''s inherent frequency response.
Abstract:
STABLE THIN FILM ELECTRETS ARE PRODUCED BY DIRECTING AN ELECTRON BEAM ON A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL IN A CONTROLLED FASHION. ELECTRON ABSORPTION IN THE FILM AND INDUCED SECONDARY EMISSION, BOTH FROM THE FILM AND FROM AN ADJACENT DIELECTRIC SURFACE, AID IN PRODUCING STABLE ELECTRETS WITH SUPERIOR CHARGE CHARACTERISTICS AND VERY LONG LIFETIMES.
Abstract:
A directional microphone with toroidal or truncated toroidal sensitivity characteristics is constructed from a plurality of concentric transducer elements, the outputs of which are combined in accordance with a predetermined formula.