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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Pirmin Hermann Otto Rombach, Kongens Lyngby, DK;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0257 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dual membrane microphone is disclosed. In an embodiment, a MEMS microphone includes a first membrane, a backplate with a separated central area including a first backplate electrode on a lower portion of the backplate, a second backplate electrode on a upper portion of the backplate and a backplate insulation layer galvanically isolating the first and the second backplate electrodes, a second membrane and a coupling central portion, wherein the first membrane couples mechanically to the separated central area of the backplate in an electrically isolating manner and the separated central area of the backplate couples to the second membrane in an electrically isolating manner.


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