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Directional microphone with high frequency selective acoustic lens

US4401859A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1981
Grant dateAug 30, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/342
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A unidirectional dynamic microphone provided with a first sound path to the forward side of the diaphragm and a second sound path to the rear side of the diaphragm, a Helmholtz resonator disposed in the first sound path having a sound entrance, and a diffraction lens mounted ahead of the Helmholtz resonator and partially shadowing the sound entrance to the Helmholtz resonator for the purpose of increasing the high frequency response of the microphone.

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