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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. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Applicants:
William A. Ryan, Elgin, IL (US);
Michael Abry, Kildeer, IL (US);
Peter V. Loeppert, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Inventors:
William A. Ryan, Elgin, IL (US);
Michael Abry, Kildeer, IL (US);
Peter V. Loeppert, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
Knowles Electronics LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microphone is provided. The microphone has a housing; an acoustic port located in the housing; a substrate coupled with the housing; an integrated circuit positioned onto the substrate; and two or more MEMS transducers mounted on the substrate wherein the transducers are connected in parallel.