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43 results about "Ribbon microphone" patented technology

A ribbon microphone, also known as a ribbon velocity microphone, is a type of microphone that uses a thin aluminum, duraluminum or nanofilm of electrically conductive ribbon placed between the poles of a magnet to produce a voltage by electromagnetic induction. Ribbon microphones are typically bidirectional, meaning that they pick up sounds equally well from either side of the microphone.

Ribbon microphone incorporating a special-purpose transformer and/or other transducer-output circuitry

Provided is a ribbon-microphone circuit that includes a ribbon transducer and a specially designed transformer. In various possible configurations, the transformer: is a toroidal transformer, has multiple interleaved primary windings, has exactly four primary coils, is a tape-wound-core transformer, has a turns ratio of the composite secondary coil to the composite primary coil of at least 100:1, includes at least three interleaved secondary coils, includes at least three interleaved primary coils, and / or has multiple primary and secondary windings that are interleaved with each other. A buffer circuit also may be enclosed within the outer casing.
Owner:BULLDOG AUDIO

Ribbon-microphone transducer

Provided is a ribbon-microphone transducer that uses an angled-magnet structure and / or a gap (e.g., near the center of the ribbon) in the magnetic structure in order to provide improved sensitivity and frequency response.
Owner:BULLDOG AUDIO

Moving ribbon microphone

A ribbon microphone includes a diaphragm made of an aluminum foil. To provide a corrosion resistance and a favorable electrical connection in the junction between the aluminum foil and backplates for a long time, a gold deposited film is formed on opposite surfaces of the diaphragm. Preferably, a gold deposited film is also formed on the inner surfaces of electrode plates attached to each end of the diaphragm.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone with USB output

A USB ribbon microphone includes a ribbon diaphragm assembly, an amplification circuitry connected to the ribbon diaphragm assembly, an A / D converter connected to the amplification circuitry, and a USB output port connected to the A / D converter for selective connection with a USB input.
Owner:MARSHALL LEONARD +2

Ribbon microphone and ribbon microphone unit

A ribbon microphone unit includes: an electrode lead portion for conducting an electric signal which a ribbon diaphragm generates cooperating with a magnet; a tightening member for securing the ribbon diaphragm; and a screw for crimping the tightening member, wherein the tightening member is crimped via the ribbon diaphragm and the electrode lead portion by the screw, and wherein the ribbon diaphragm includes a portion sandwiched by the tightening member, and the portion is formed in an irregular shape in the thickness direction.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Graphene oxide based acoustic transducer methods and devices

Materials used in acoustic transducer membranes need very specific qualities that in any real system require many tradeoffs to be made. Graphene and graphene related materials are a newly discovered class of materials with some exceptional properties that offer the potential for significant contributions to the performance of many acoustical transduction systems. Accordingly the inventors have established graphene oxide based transducers as the basis of ribbon microphones and diaphragm loudspeakers using low cost manufacturing and processing techniques.
Owner:ORA GRAPHENE AUDIO INC

Ribbon microphone and ribbon microphone unit

To obtain a ribbon microphone unit, which makes the tension of a diaphragm adjustable by configuring a ribbon diaphragm assembly that is detachable to a magnetic-circuit assembly including a magnet, and which further allows a user side to carry out the maintenance by replacing the ribbon diaphragm assembly; a ribbon microphone unit comprises: a magnetic-circuit assembly including a magnet; and a ribbon diaphragm, wherein the ribbon diaphragm, together with a substrate having a circuit pattern formed on both ends thereof, a metal fitting for crimping an end portion of the ribbon diaphragm to the circuit pattern, and a screw for crimping the metal fitting toward the substrate, constitute a diaphragm assembly, and wherein the diaphragm assembly is secured to the magnetic-circuit assembly.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Stereo ribbon microphone

A stereo ribbon microphone includes four ribbon microphone units disposed in a circle on a single horizontal plane. The ribbon microphone units are alternately assigned to a right channel and a left channel along the circumferential of the circle.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone and unidirectional converter therefor

A ribbon microphone includes a ribbon microphone unit; an acoustic box for mounting a rear acoustic terminal of the ribbon microphone unit; a detective microphone mounted in the acoustic box, the detective microphone detecting sound waves identical to sound waves guided to the rear acoustic terminal of the ribbon microphone unit; a speaker comprising a diaphragm, the speaker being assembled in the acoustic box and varying the pressure in the acoustic box in response to the driven diaphragm; and a drive unit for driving the speaker so as to cancel a variation in pressure in the acoustic box in response to signals detected by the detective microphone, the variation being caused by sound waves guided to the rear acoustic terminal. This configuration extracts an omnidirectional component without an acoustic tube to achieve a small high-sensitivity unidirectional ribbon microphone and a unidirectional converter for the ribbon microphone.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon Microphone Unit and Ribbon Microphone

A ribbon microphone unit includes a pair of magnets generating a magnetic field, a ribbon diaphragm disposed in the magnetic field generated by the magnets, and a circuit substrate provided with signal paths that conduct electrical signals generated by vibration of the ribbon diaphragm to output terminals. The signal paths are symmetrical about the longitudinal central axis of the ribbon diaphragm.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone unit and ribbon microphone

A ribbon microphone unit includes a permanent magnet that forms a magnetic field and a ribbon diaphragm that is disposed in the magnetic field and vibrates upon receiving a sound wave. An elastic layer made of synthetic resin is formed at least at a portion of the ribbon diaphragm, the portion vibrating upon receiving the sound wave. Preferably, the ribbon diaphragm is formed into triangular waves with the portion vibrating upon receiving sound waves being alternately folded along lines in a width direction across the entire length. The elastic layer may be formed on one or both surfaces of the ribbon diaphragm and may be provided only at both side ends of the ribbon diaphragm.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Unidirectional microphone

The present invention provides a unidirectional microphone by adding an output from an omnidirectional condenser microphone unit and an output from a bi-directional ribbon microphone unit together. A condenser microphone unit 10 and a ribbon microphone unit 20 are connected in series via a step-up transformer 30, and the respective sound signals from the microphone units 10 and 20 are added together and are output from a source S of an FET 14.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone and ribbon microphone unit

To obtain a ribbon microphone unit, which makes the tension of a diaphragm adjustable by configuring a ribbon diaphragm assembly that is detachable to a magnetic-circuit assembly including a magnet, and which further allows a user side to carry out the maintenance by replacing the ribbon diaphragm assembly; a ribbon microphone unit comprises: a magnetic-circuit assembly including a magnet; and a ribbon diaphragm, wherein the ribbon diaphragm, together with a substrate having a circuit pattern formed on both ends thereof, a metal fitting for crimping an end portion of the ribbon diaphragm to the circuit pattern, and a screw for crimping the metal fitting toward the substrate, constitute a diaphragm assembly, and wherein the diaphragm assembly is secured to the magnetic-circuit assembly.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Active phantom-powered ribbon microphone with switchable proximity effect response filtering for voice and music applications

Novel active phantom-powered ribbon microphones that provide switchable proximity effect response filtering for voice and music applications are disclosed with unique adjustable interfaces. In one embodiment of the invention, a slider-based full frequency response vs. low frequency response and high pass filtering adjustment interface on a surface of a microphone casing provides a convenient switching between a “Music” mode and a “Voice” mode, wherein the “Voice” mode reduces the undesirable proximity effect in an active phantom-powered ribbon microphone, when a sound source is situated overly close to the active phantom-powered ribbon microphone. Furthermore, in one embodiment of the invention, a slider-based or a knob-based variable voice mode adjustment interface can also be integrated on a surface of a microphone casing to provide various preset levels of low frequency reduction and / or proximity effect response filtering when the “Voice” mode is enabled.
Owner:CLOUD MICROPHONES LLC

Ribbon microphone

To suppress the transverse displacement of a ribbon due to an impact to a level smaller than that achieved by electromagnetic damping. The switch 150 breaks a path between the piezoelectric element 140 and the secondary winding 132 so as to be non-conductive when a power plug is connected (the microphone is in use), and completes a path between the piezoelectric element 140 and the secondary winding 132 so as to be conductive when a power plug is not connected (the microphone is not in use), in order to generate a driving force in the direction opposite to the displacement direction of the ribbon 10 by causing a current corresponding to power generated in the piezoelectric element 140 to flow in the ribbon 10.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon for ribbon microphone, manufacturing method of the same, and ribbon microphone

A ribbon for a ribbon microphone having a magnet forming a magnetic gap, the ribbon which is arranged in the magnetic gap and is vibrated by a sound wave, an electrode for outputting an electric signal which is generated when the ribbon vibrates in the magnetic gap, and a frame for holding the magnet and the electrode; the ribbon has patterns of a large waveform which are formed so as to progress in a longitudinal direction of the ribbon and are formed so that ridge lines face a direction which perpendicularly crosses the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, and small patterns which are smaller than the patterns of the waveform and are formed along the longitudinal direction of the ribbon.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone and ribbon microphone unit

A ribbon microphone unit includes: an electrode lead portion for conducting an electric signal which a ribbon diaphragm generates cooperating with a magnet; a tightening member for securing the ribbon diaphragm; and a screw for crimping the tightening member, wherein the tightening member is crimped via the ribbon diaphragm and the electrode lead portion by the screw, and wherein the ribbon diaphragm includes a portion sandwiched by the tightening member, and the portion is formed in an irregular shape in the thickness direction.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone with rounded magnet motor assembly, backwave chamber, and phantom powered JFET circuit

ActiveUS8433090B1Improved and frequency responseReduce acoustic pressureMouthpiece/microphone attachmentsTransducer circuitsPhase cancellationAudio power amplifier
A novel ribbon microphone incorporates rounded-edge magnet motor assembly, a backwave chamber, and a phantom-powered JFET circuit. In one embodiment of the invention, one or more novel rounded-edge magnets may be placed close to a ribbon of the ribbon microphone, wherein the one or more novel rounded-edge magnets reduce or minimize reflected sound wave interferences with the vibration of the ribbon during an operation of the ribbon microphone. Furthermore, in one embodiment of the invention, a novel backwave chamber operatively connected to a backside of the ribbon can minimize acoustic pressure, anomalies in frequency responses, and undesirable phase cancellation and doubling effects. Moreover, in one embodiment of the invention, a novel phantom-powered JFET preamplifier gain circuit can minimize undesirable sound distortions and reduce the cost of producing a conventional preamplifier gain circuit.
Owner:CLOUD MICROPHONES LLC

Acoustic-electro conversion chip of silk-ribbon microphone

The invention provides an acoustic-electro conversion chip of a silk-ribbon microphone, which is made by a semiconductor process technology and a micro electro mechanical technology. The acoustic-electro conversion chip comprises a supporting frame layer and a response unit layer which is arranged on a supporting frame and is used for transforming acoustic energy into an induced electromotive force which can be output for application, wherein the response unit is provided with an insulating diaphragm layer and a voice coil film which is arranged on the diaphragm and can be conductive; the diaphragm comprises a vibration area which can deform under the action of the acoustic energy and a fixed area which is connected to the supporting frame; and the voice coil film comprises two voice coils which are wound in the same direction in a rectangular shape from inside to outside, and each voice coil comprises a plurality of first vertical sections which are vertical to a field direction and positioned in the vibration area and can generate the induced electromotive force by displacement. By virtue of the design, the sensibility of the voice coil film can be increased, and the frequency response characteristics of the silk-ribbon microphone can be effectively enhanced.
Owner:NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY

Ribbon array microphone

The invention includes a basic approach to simulate the workings of a ribbon microphone based on measurements at an array of more robust small pressure microphones. Embodiments of the invention take an array of microphone elements, either very small microphones that are placed on either side of a printed circuit board or some other device to understand the sound pressure differences from front to back and use those sound pressure differences to emulate the motion of a ribbon if a ribbon were co-located with the array of microphones. The microphone array detects differential pressure, either by a set of elements that that have figure of eight polar patterns, or by having separate elements front and back.
Owner:ABEL JONATHAN S

Ribbon microphone with automatic protection switch

To provide electromagnetic damping without a special output connector for protecting a diaphragm of metallic ribbon foil of a ribbon microphone against shocks. A ribbon microphone operable with a phantom power supply comprises: an acoustic-electric converter 1 including a pair of permanent magnets and a diaphragm of metallic ribbon foil; and a step-up transformer 110 coupled with the diaphragm on a primary winding 111 side and having, on a secondary winding 112 side, an output connector 120 removably connected to a phantom power supply, the step-up transformer 110 increasing a voltage generated by the diaphragm to a predetermined voltage, the voltage then being output to the phantom power supply side through the output connector 120, wherein a switch 141 is connected across the secondary winding 112, the switch 141 being normally closed and being opened by a power supplied from the phantom power supply.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone and unidirectional converter therefor

A ribbon microphone includes a ribbon microphone unit; an acoustic box for mounting a rear acoustic terminal of the ribbon microphone unit; a detective microphone mounted in the acoustic box, the detective microphone detecting sound waves identical to sound waves guided to the rear acoustic terminal of the ribbon microphone unit; a speaker comprising a diaphragm, the speaker being assembled in the acoustic box and varying the pressure in the acoustic box in response to the driven diaphragm; and a drive unit for driving the speaker so as to cancel a variation in pressure in the acoustic box in response to signals detected by the detective microphone, the variation being caused by sound waves guided to the rear acoustic terminal. This configuration extracts an omnidirectional component without an acoustic tube to achieve a small high-sensitivity unidirectional ribbon microphone and a unidirectional converter for the ribbon microphone.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Unidirectional microphone

The present invention provides a unidirectional microphone by adding an output from an omnidirectional condenser microphone unit and an output from a bi-directional ribbon microphone unit together. A condenser microphone unit 10 and a ribbon microphone unit 20 are connected in series via a step-up transformer 30, and the respective sound signals from the microphone units 10 and 20 are added together and are output from a source S of an FET 14.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon for ribbon microphone, manufacturing method of the same, and ribbon microphone

A ribbon for a ribbon microphone having a magnet forming a magnetic gap, the ribbon which is arranged in the magnetic gap and is vibrated by a sound wave, an electrode for outputting an electric signal which is generated when the ribbon vibrates in the magnetic gap, and a frame for holding the magnet and the electrode; the ribbon has patterns of a large waveform which are formed so as to progress in a longitudinal direction of the ribbon and are formed so that ridge lines face a direction which perpendicularly crosses the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, and small patterns which are smaller than the patterns of the waveform and are formed along the longitudinal direction of the ribbon.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone

To provide electromagnetic damping without a special output connector for protecting a diaphragm of metallic ribbon foil of a ribbon microphone against shocks. A ribbon microphone operable with a phantom power supply comprises: an acoustic-electric converter 1 including a pair of permanent magnets and a diaphragm of metallic ribbon foil; and a step-up transformer 110 coupled with the diaphragm on a primary winding 111 side and having, on a secondary winding 112 side, an output connector 120 removably connected to a phantom power supply, the step-up transformer 110 increasing a voltage generated by the diaphragm to a predetermined voltage, the voltage then being output to the phantom power supply side through the output connector 120, wherein a switch 141 is connected across the secondary winding 112, the switch 141 being normally closed and being opened by a power supplied from the phantom power supply.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone circuit

InactiveUS20120121110A1Barely affected by external noiseTransducer detailsDeaf-aid setsAudio power amplifierTransformer
A ribbon microphone circuit includes a ribbon microphone unit; a step-up transformer; buffer amplifier circuits connected to a secondary winding of the step-up transformer; an external power supply circuit as a power source for driving the buffer amplifier circuits; and a switch circuit including photo-relays having lights that are turned on while the external power source is being supplied and having contacts operating depending on states of the respective lights, wherein signals output from the ribbon microphone unit are sent through the buffer amplifier circuits while the external power source is being supplied, and sent without passing through the buffer amplifier circuits while the external power source is being not supplied.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Stereo ribbon microphone

A stereo ribbon microphone includes four ribbon microphone units disposed in a circle on a single horizontal plane. The ribbon microphone units are alternately assigned to a right channel and a left channel along the circumferential of the circle.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone unit and ribbon microphone

A ribbon microphone unit includes a permanent magnet that forms a magnetic field and a ribbon diaphragm that is disposed in the magnetic field and vibrates upon receiving a sound wave. An elastic layer made of synthetic resin is formed at least at a portion of the ribbon diaphragm, the portion vibrating upon receiving the sound wave. Preferably, the ribbon diaphragm is formed into triangular waves with the portion vibrating upon receiving sound waves being alternately folded along lines in a width direction across the entire length. The elastic layer may be formed on one or both surfaces of the ribbon diaphragm and may be provided only at both side ends of the ribbon diaphragm.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA

Ribbon microphone unit with symmetrical signal paths

A ribbon microphone unit includes a pair of magnets generating a magnetic field, a ribbon diaphragm disposed in the magnetic field generated by the magnets, and a circuit substrate provided with signal paths that conduct electrical signals generated by vibration of the ribbon diaphragm to output terminals. The signal paths are symmetrical about the longitudinal central axis of the ribbon diaphragm.
Owner:AUDIO-TECHNICA
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