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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Hiroyuki Harano, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamagata, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Ono, Osaka, JP;
Kensuke Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Harano, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamagata, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Ono, Osaka, JP;
Kensuke Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hosiden Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A unidirectional microphone includes a cylindrical capsule, a front plate blocking one end of the cylindrical capsule, a front plate sound hole formed in the front plate, a vibrating membrane and a first rear pole plate that are housed in the cylindrical capsule and form capacitance, a substrate blocking another open end of the capsule, and a rear plate sound hole formed in the substrate. The front plate sound hole and the rear plate sound hole are placed on mutually opposite sides of a central axis of the capsule so as to be offset relative to the central axis. The directional axis can be significantly offset relative to the central axis of the microphone using the microphone alone.