Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple-use acoustic port
- Patent Title (中): 多用声学口
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Application No.: US12196171Application Date: 2008-08-21
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Publication No.: US08290179B2Publication Date: 2012-10-16
- Inventor: Justin Gregg , Michael M. Lee , Chad Seguin
- Applicant: Justin Gregg , Michael M. Lee , Chad Seguin
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H03G5/00
- IPC: H03G5/00

Abstract:
Two or more acoustic transducers share the same acoustic port in a device. The acoustic properties—such as acoustic impedance and frequency response—of the shared acoustic port are matched to each of the two or more acoustic transducers. To accomplish acoustic impedance matching, a separate back volume is provided for each of the acoustic transducers, matched to that transducer. Frequency response matching can be accomplished by the design of the transducer itself, but also by providing an adjacent element in the acoustic system of the transducer. One transducer may serve as an element in the acoustic system of another transducer. Frequency response adjustment of an individual element may also affect acoustic impedance of the entire port-transducer system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100046771A1 MULTIPLE-USE ACOUSTIC PORT Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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