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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
John W. Zinn, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/84 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B81B 7/0058 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0257 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A MEMS microphone. The microphone includes a backplate, a membrane, and a plurality of antennas. The backplate has a plurality of acoustic apertures. The membrane is parallel to the backplate and is positioned a distance from the backplate. The plurality of antennas are connected to the membrane and extend toward the backplate. In addition, the plurality of antennas are positioned entirely within spaces defined by the plurality of acoustic apertures.