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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Ams International Ag, Rapperswil, CH;
Inventor:
Mark Niederberger, Einsiedeln, CH;
Assignee:
AMS INTERNATIONAL AG, Rapperswil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/42 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/004 (2013.01); G01L 19/0092 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/42 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The microphone comprises a housing (), which has an inner volume () filled with a gas, an opening () of the housing, an acoustic sensor () arranged in the housing, a diaphragm () of the acoustic sensor located above the opening, and a heater () in the inner volume. The acoustic sensor may especially comprise a microelectromechanical system. The gas is heated from inside the inner volume to increase the pressure and generate a corresponding signal of the acoustic sensor (). This signal can be used for self-calibration of the sensitivity or for self-diagnostics to check the function of the microphone.