ELECTRONIC ACOUSTIC DEVICES, MEMS MICROPHONES, AND EQUALIZATION METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230121053A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US18045885

    申请日:2022-10-12

    IPC分类号: B81B7/02 H04R17/02 H04R3/00

    摘要: Electronic acoustic devices and methods of operating the same include a microphone having a frequency response including a resonance frequency, a reference microphone having a frequency response including a resonance frequency, the microphone and the reference microphone configured to substantially simultaneously receive a common acoustic signal to produce a transduced signal of the microphone and a transduced signal of the reference microphone, the resonance frequency of the reference microphone being different than the resonance frequency of the microphone, and an equalization module configured to equalize the frequency response of the microphone based on the transduced signal of the microphone and the transduced signal of the reference microphone.

    PIEZOELECTRIC MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY ANCHOR ENGINEERING

    公开(公告)号:US20220267141A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17674213

    申请日:2022-02-17

    发明人: Guofeng Chen Yu Hui

    IPC分类号: B81B3/00 H04R17/02 H04R31/00

    摘要: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a support substrate, a piezoelectric element configured to deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element attached to the support substrate about a portion of a perimeter of the piezoelectric element, a sensing electrode disposed on the piezoelectric element and configured to sense the electrical potential, and slits defined in the piezoelectric element about the perimeter of the piezoelectric element, the slits defining a plurality of partial anchors securing the piezoelectric element to the support substrate to improve sensitivity of the piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone.

    Piezoelectric MEMS microphone
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11350219B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16983366

    申请日:2020-08-03

    发明人: Yu Hui Guofeng Chen

    IPC分类号: H04R17/02 B81B3/00 H01L41/09

    摘要: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems microphone can be mounted on a printed circuit board. The microphone can include a substrate with an opening between a bottom end of the substrate and a top end of the substrate. The microphone can include a single piezoelectric film layer disposed over the top end of the substrate and defining a diaphragm structure, the single piezoelectric film layer being substantially flat with substantially zero residual stress and formed from a piezoelectric wafer. The microphone can include one or more electrodes disposed over the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure is configured to deflect when subjected to sound pressure via the opening in the substrate.

    Piezoelectric MEMS microphone
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11832057B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US18064896

    申请日:2022-12-12

    发明人: Yu Hui Guofeng Chen

    IPC分类号: H04R17/02 B81B3/00 H10N30/20

    摘要: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems microphone can be mounted on a printed circuit board. The microphone can include a substrate with an opening between a bottom end of the substrate and a top end of the substrate. The microphone can include a single piezoelectric film layer disposed over the top end of the substrate and defining a diaphragm structure, the single piezoelectric film layer having substantially zero residual stress and formed from a piezoelectric wafer. The microphone can include one or more electrodes disposed over the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure is configured to deflect when subjected to sound pressure via the opening in the substrate.

    METHOD OF MODIFYING A RESONANT FREQUENCY IN CANTILEVER SENSORS

    公开(公告)号:US20230136347A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18050906

    申请日:2022-10-28

    IPC分类号: B81C1/00 H04R31/00 H10N30/30

    摘要: A method for making a cantilever sensor includes forming a beam extending between a proximal portion and a distal end, and forming and attaching an electrode on the proximal portion. The beam is attached to a substrate in cantilever form so that the proximal portion of the beam is anchored to the substrate and the distal end of the beam is unsupported. The method includes modifying the resonance frequency of the cantilever sensor by forming at least the tip of the beam of a material having one or both of a density and Young's modulus that provides the desired resonant frequency, or by forming at least the tip of the beam so that it has a greater height in a Z direction transverse to a length of the beam than the proximal portion of the beam to thereby tune a resonant frequency of the sensor.