Electronic communication devices with integrated microphones

Abstract

Modern electronic devices are becoming smaller while the need to critically locate acoustic sensors or transducers, e.g., microphones, is increasing in order to provide improved intelligibility in adverse environments. The acoustic transducers can be used in arrays with their outputs processed in beam forming and noise cancellation algorithms. The use and creation of features on the surface of a small package to deal with the problem of achieving high performance solutions in a limited space are disclosed herein. For example, embodiments of electronic communication devices () include acoustic transducers () integrated with other features such as a volume control (), an antenna (), an adapter () which can be coupled to an input/output jack () and an accessory connector, or a projection ().