Abstract:
Disclosed is a microphone in the form of a piezoelectric pressure transducer for detecting high intensity noise. The microphone incorporates a lightweight endpiece, preferably of beryllium metal, having a cavity for receiving an acceleration compensation weight. A preloading sleeve is attached at one end to a support while its other end is slipped over a portion of the endpiece and secured by a retaining ring. The microphone is provided with a separate compartment for housing an electric circuit receiving the output from the preloaded quartz crystals of the transducer.
Abstract:
An AC power supply powers several transducer circuits, in which input voltage variations cause variations in the output signals from the transducer circuits. A time division multiplier has an input connected to the AC power supply and a second input connected to a fixed DC voltage source. Variation in AC amplitude change the duty cycle of pulses generated by the multiplier. Semiconductor detector gates are driven by the multiplier pulses in order to demodulate and divide the output signals of the transducer circuits by a factor proportional to the duty cycle, thereby compensating for variations from the AC power supply.