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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Epcos Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Jan Tue Ravnkilde, Hedehusene, DK;
Marcel Giesen, Munich, DE;
Kurt Rasmussen, Herlev, DK;
Morten Ginnerup, Kongens Lyngby, DK;
Pirmin Hermann Otto Rombach, Kongens Lyngby, DK;
Wolfgang Pahl, Munich, DE;
Anton Leidl, Hohenbrunn, DE;
Armin Schober, Munich, DE;
Jürgen Portmann, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/005 (2013.01); B81B 7/0016 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); B81B 2207/115 (2013.01); H04R 31/006 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A top-port MEMS-microphone has an upper side and a bottom side. The microphone includes a MEMS chip with a monolithically connected protection element at the upper side, a backplate, and a membrane. The microphone also includes a sound inlet at the upper side and a mechanical or electrical connection at the bottom side.