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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrew P. Bright, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher R. Wilk, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jae Han Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruchir M. Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott P. Porter, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sawyer Isaac Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device having an outer case having a substantially planar face in which a microphone associated acoustic port is formed. The device also has a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone positioned within the outer case, the MEMS microphone having a diaphragm facing the microphone associated acoustic port. An acoustic mesh is positioned between the front face of the outer case and the diaphragm, the acoustic mesh having a non-linear acoustic resistance so as to minimize an effect of an incoming air burst on the diaphragm. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.