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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Fuminori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Inoda, Osaka, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Fuminori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Inoda, Osaka, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A microphone unit includes a microphone substrate. A plurality of diaphragm units are disposed on the microphone substrate. Each of the diaphragm units includes a diaphragm. A plurality of partition walls are disposed on the microphone substrate. Each of the partition walls surrounds the diaphragm so as to define a first area. A signal processor is disposed at a second area outside the first area and is configured to process signals output from the diaphragm units.