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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Masanori Minamio, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Koji Nomura, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microphone includes: a substrate including a tone hole and having a top surface on which a substrate electrode is provided; a converter provided on the top surface of the substrate and including a main body having a back space, a diaphragm provided at the bottom of the back space of the main body, and a converter electrode provided on a region of a bottom surface of the main body facing the substrate electrode; and a bump connecting the substrate electrode and the converter electrode to each other. The diaphragm vibrates in response to sound entering from the tone hole. The converter converts sound into a signal.