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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
James J. Croft, Iii, Bellevue, WA (US);
James J. Croft, III, Bellevue, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention provides a planar-magnetic transducer with a frame and a primary magnet row structure of elongated magnets adjacent and air gapped from a first surface side of a mobile portion of a thin film or thin structure diaphragm with conductive traces incorporated with the diaphragm. An additional pair of magnetic sources attached to the frame outside of the vibratable region of the diaphragm and mounted above the plane of the opposite, second surface side of the diaphragm to enhance magnetic energy near the second surface side of the film diaphragm, without any magnet rows attached directly in front of the second surface side of the vibratable region of the diaphragm between the additional pair of magnetic sources. The additional magnetic sources can increase the drive force to the outer portions of the vibratable diaphragm, or across the diaphragm, to provide more control near the termination edge of the diaphragm and to create a more planar displacement of the diaphragm and increase transducer efficiency.