Transducer Built-In Self-Test
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220365128A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17741246

    申请日:2022-05-10

    发明人: Michael Carfore

    IPC分类号: G01R31/28

    摘要: An apparatus for testing a transducer module includes a test signal generator coupled to a common-mode terminal common to a plurality of transducers, and a signal processing circuit configured to receive output signal from each of said transducers and to produce an output signal. If the transducers are well matched to one another, the output signal will have little or no output amplitude. If there is a mismatch between the transducers, however, the output signal will have an amplitude proportional to the mismatch. The amplitude of the output signal may be compared to a predetermined threshold in order to produce a mismatch output signal indicating the existence of, and/or the degree of, mismatch between the transducers.

    High Acoustic Overload Point Recovery Apparatus and Method

    公开(公告)号:US20220360894A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17741215

    申请日:2022-05-10

    IPC分类号: H04R3/00 H01L41/113

    摘要: Illustrative embodiments enable a MEMS transducer to quickly recover from, acoustic overload events by quickly resetting signal processing circuitry downstream from a MEMS transducer. An acoustic overload sensor detects occurrence of an acoustic overload event, and triggers a reset circuit to operate a set of switches to rapidly drain charge from a corresponding set of capacitances within the transducer, or within the signal processing circuitry, thereby resetting the signal processing circuitry more rapidly than would occur if said transducer or circuitry were allowed to recover on its own.