EP2432600A1 - Dispositif de generation d'ondes acoustiques et installation incluant plusieurs de ces dispositifs - Google Patents
Dispositif de generation d'ondes acoustiques et installation incluant plusieurs de ces dispositifsInfo
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- EP2432600A1 EP2432600A1 EP10727042A EP10727042A EP2432600A1 EP 2432600 A1 EP2432600 A1 EP 2432600A1 EP 10727042 A EP10727042 A EP 10727042A EP 10727042 A EP10727042 A EP 10727042A EP 2432600 A1 EP2432600 A1 EP 2432600A1
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- walls
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10K15/00—Acoustics not otherwise provided for
- G10K15/04—Sound-producing devices
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R19/00—Electrostatic transducers
- H04R19/02—Loudspeakers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R31/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor
- H04R31/006—Interconnection of transducer parts
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2201/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones covered by H04R1/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2201/003—Mems transducers or their use
Definitions
- the invention relates to the field of electroacoustic sources, and more particularly to sources intended to operate in networks for generating extended acoustic wave systems shaped according to very precise surfaces.
- the generation of such waves is required in active noise control and detection or imaging applications, and to a lesser extent in sound reproduction applications.
- It relates more particularly to a new structure of electroacoustic dipole, like non-speaker speakers diverse, which is distinguished by a unit pressure control function.
- monopolar sources involves modulating their flow rate according to the component of the normal speed on the surface of the screen, which imposes measuring this speed;
- dipole sources it is a matter of opposing a pressure against the incident acoustic pressure, pressure more easily accessible to the measurement with a microphone.
- the usual monopolar sources are in fact constituted by fundamentally dipolar sources with two speaking faces, which are baffled to avoid the external action of one of the faces. This results in an increase in the congestion penalizing in active noise control applications in particular, where their compactness must contribute to the visual transparency of the screens.
- the problem to be solved by the invention is that of making electroacoustic sources dipole, compact, unitary response pressure and no response time. Presentation of the invention
- the invention relates to a dipole device for generating acoustic waves, that is to say more specifically, couples of acoustic waves of opposite pressure, propagating in each direction in the opposite direction, parallel to defined discontinuity surfaces. by the geometry of the network of sources and the respective delays of the commands applied to the sources, themselves dipoles.
- the pressure differential resulting from this pair of waves at the level of the discontinuity surfaces reflects the coupling of the variable dipole flow created by the sources themselves to the external acoustic medium.
- these sources are locally defined as dipole pumps, that is to say antisymmetric, two vents, generating flow in the ambient fluid.
- This fluid electrically insulating air or liquid, can be considered as incompressible in the operating conditions of the pump (near-field acoustic conditions) in the frequency domain of use of the dipole.
- the acoustic coupling of this flow is such that the pressure differential created on such pairs of waves is strictly proportional to the general pressure differential which generates the flow within the pump which constitutes the source. It is modulated by a directivity factor according to the direction of the couples.
- the invention therefore relates more particularly to a local dipolar flow generation device whose pressure differential is controlled.
- this device is characterized in that it comprises a set of substantially identical deformable walls and planar, parallel, made of electrically conductive material. These walls are stacked regularly, and advantageously separated by spacers, flat and of equal thickness, so as to define between them successive volumes, confined, substantially identical, which open alternately on two opposite faces of this set by appropriate openings.
- It also comprises an enclosure that contains this set of walls and has two cavities situated facing the faces where the openings of the defined volumes open, confined between the walls. These cavities communicate themselves with the external environment by two openings of revolution which constitute the two symmetrical vents of the dipole.
- This device also comprises means for applying, in a controlled and variable manner, an electric field between pairs of successive walls, so as to create a pressure differential between pairs of contiguous volumes, the electric field being applied alternately to one of the volumes , to the exclusion of the other, according to the sign of the pressure differential to be created.
- This pressure differential itself induces a succession of distances and approximations of the opposite walls, and therefore of opposite volume variations which cause the desired alternating dipole flow. This flow is established outside the enclosure through the two vents through which it closes.
- the device according to the invention acts by causing the opposite alternating deformation of multiple volumes, opening on two vents, volumes which by contracting and expanding successively, in space and time, aspire or reject the fluid they contain, in equal quantities and create from these vents an external flow potential velocity, dipole-like, almost revolution.
- the electric field applied in an inter-wall space causes the walls concerned to be alternately attracted or not to each other, whereby the corresponding volume decreases by an amount equal to that of which the related volume where the field is not applied.
- a dipolar structure potential flow is generated which, by the combined laws of fluid mechanics and acoustics, gives rise to a system of pairs of acoustic waves propagating in opposite directions and signals. , and whose discontinuity plane passes through the center of symmetry of the vents.
- This device therefore constitutes an acoustic dipolar source. More specifically, the device according to the invention makes it possible to control by electric means the pressure differential at the origin of the dipolar flow, and hence the pressure differential of the acoustic wave pairs induced by this flow.
- each device is ideally acoustically coupled to a single pair of acoustic waves, the fundamental waves of the network, only generated for a frequency spectrum of acoustic signals bounded higher than the cutoff frequency (fo).
- network ie fo # c / a (where 'it is the celerity of the sound, and' has' the geometric pitch of the network).
- the pressure difference between the fundamental acoustic waves generated is only a definite fraction of the pressure differential internal to the device, because of the inertial pressure drop originating in the flows of very close field, adapting those of the dipole to those of the produced waves.
- the transfer function between the pressure differentials is unitary, which is the first fundamental property required in noise-canceling application, and a particularly advantageous property in other applications.
- the second property of very short response time between these two pressures insofar as the size of the device, related to the acoustic wavelength, is sufficiently small to be able to neglect the propagation delays of the potentials. : This is a second property required in noise canceling application.
- the various walls of the device are delimited and separated by spacers elements, waterproof, constant thickness in the form of U.
- the open portions of these elements, stacked head to tail, are alternately oriented towards one or the other of the faces where the volumes defined between the different walls open, faces themselves in communication with one or the other of the vents of the dipole.
- the volumes created between the walls are delimited on the one hand, by the walls themselves, and on the other hand, by a spacer element, ensuring both the spacing between the walls and the delimitation of the walls. space through which the fluid will flow transversely, entering or leaving depending on the movement of the walls.
- the flows internal to the device are defined by the spacing between walls, adjusted by the thickness of the spacers, and the inertial characteristics of the elastic walls. They are laminar, governed by the effects of inertia predominantly. A suitable parametric choice minimizes the resulting overall inertial load.
- the choice of the material and the thickness of the walls implies that the elastic walls have, in the acoustic frequency domain considered, a preponderant inertial behavior, which imposes a first natural frequency of membrane of the wall, stretched on the U-shaped spacer. , low enough compared to the average frequency of the spectrum.
- the choice of material is preferentially on an elastomeric material of very low YOUNG modulus (typically of the order of 0.01 GPa), slightly stretched on the spacers and of small thickness (of the order of a few tenths of a mm).
- the device advantageously groups the walls by subassembly of four walls. These subassemblies form repetitive patterns, juxtaposed, in which the walls of the same rank in each subassembly are controlled by the same electrical control potential: either V1 (t), V2 (t), V3 (t), V4 (t) defined from a common alternating control potential V ⁇ (t), itself elaborated, electronically, from the differential pressure signal to be delivered by the device, ie ⁇ P ⁇ (t), performing the following function : V 0 (t) ⁇
- V3 (t) V ⁇ (t)
- V2 (t) V ⁇ (t) x ⁇ step function of HEAVISIDE [+ ⁇ P ⁇ (t)] ⁇
- V4 (t) V ⁇ (t) x ⁇ step function of HEAVISIDE [- ⁇ P ⁇ (t)] ⁇
- V ⁇ (t) is created from the square root of the module of the pressure to be delivered to take account of the fact that the electrostatic attraction obtained is proportional to the square of the electric field, for the linearity requirement of the transfer function.
- the pressure differential of the generated wave pairs is proportional to the control pressure differential ⁇ P ⁇ (t), and these two types of differentials are concomitant in the conditions of use of the dipole.
- the electrical potentials Vi (t), V2 (t), V3 (t), V4 (t) are not applied directly to the walls because these vibrating walls, the charges induced on their surface are not perfectly proportional. They are therefore applied through appropriate electronic control circuits which correct them so that it is the injected electric charges that are effectively proportioned to the instructions: V2, V3, V4, so as to preserve the linearity of the transfer function.
- the pressure differential created in the inter-wall spaces in fact has an amplitude strictly proportional to the square of the fields, so electric charges injected on the walls.
- the dielectric strength of the medium defines the maximum applicable potentials and therefore the maximum amplitude of the sound pressure differential that the device can deliver.
- the device may advantageously comprise two microphonic sensors, close to the two vents, respectively, so as to evaluate the pressure differential actually generated and correct the control by an electronic control loop. appropriate.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cut away perspective view of a device according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the assembly of walls of the device of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device of FIG.
- Figures 4 and 5 are schematic sectional views of the wall stacks of a device according to the invention, shown in two opposite control states.
- Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the control chain of the invention.
- the device 1 is in the form of a chamber 2 of revolution having two openings or circular vents 3.4 disposed symmetrically with respect to the median plane P.
- the general form this enclosure will generally be ellipsoidal, elongate along the axis of the dipole as shown in Figure 1, or otherwise flattened along the same axis according to the dimensions of the active body 10, or adapted from such a shape according to the applications.
- the enclosure 2 encloses an assembly 10 of walls 11, 12, 13, 14 separated by spacer elements 21, 22, 23. This set of walls 10 has two preferred faces 15, 16, which open on two internal cavities 17, 18 , sealed internally on the periphery of the assembly 10, by two rigid diaphragms 19 connecting the outer contours of the planes 15, 16 and that of the enclosure 2.
- the cavities 17, 18 are capped with two rigid caps 35, 36 which close the enclosure, while presenting at their base two circular, grid-shaped openings, of section adapted to the flows, constituting two vents 3, 4 which put them into communication with the external environment.
- the device 1 also includes electronic control means 41, distributed in the available volume around the assembly 10, and in particular the four spaces formed between the set of walls 10 and the enclosure. These control means ensure the generation of the electric potentials applied to the walls 11, 12, 13, 14.
- the device also comprises two pressure sensors 70, 71 connected to the electronic control 41 to provide various slave control functions.
- the set of walls 10 is constituted by the assembly of various elements.
- the number of walls shown in Figure 2 is deliberately reduced, to facilitate understanding.
- the walls themselves consist of stretched deformable membranes, electrically conductive. More specifically, these membranes are made from films of conductive elastomeric material, typically having a secant Young's modulus of the order of 0.01 GPa, for a thickness of the order of a few tenths of a millimeter, for operation in aerial acoustics.
- Each of the walls 11-14 has an electrical connection 31-34 allowing, as will be explained below, the connection with variable potentials.
- the various membranes 11-14 are separated by insulating spacer members 21-24 of constant thickness, of the order of one millimeter in air.
- each spacer element has a generally U-shaped, which in the illustrated form has three legs 55, 56, 57, which are arranged on three sides of the perimeter of the walls 11-14.
- the spacer elements extend over only part of their perimeter, so as to define an opening zone 28 to connect the closed volume between two successive walls 11 , 12 and the cavity 17,18.
- two successive spacer elements 21, 22 are arranged head-to-tail, so that their openings are alternately oriented on the two opposite faces 15, 16 of the assembly.
- the volumes defined between the walls 11, 12 and the walls 12, 13 are open in opposite directions.
- the spacer is produced by molding an insulating plastic material advantageously reinforced with fibers, according to an imprint profile U. From this spacer, and a shim adjusting in the inner part of the U, an impression is made, which by pressing and vulcanization allows to obtain the membrane thickness required bonded. It is advantageously observed that the removal of the elastomeric material from the membrane, after molding, gives the membrane a favorable mechanical pretension.
- the assembly 10 of membranes therefore comprises a succession of volumes 26, 27 which communicate with the outside through openings 28, 29, oriented on the opposite faces 16, 15 of the together facing the cavities 18, 17 of the enclosure 2.
- the dimensions and in particular the thickness of the various elements shown in the figures, as well as their number, are given for illustrative purposes, and for the sole purpose of making the invention understood.
- the dimensions and the real numbers can be in particular clearly different, depending on the nature of the fluid in which the device works and applications, the thicknesses being increased by an order of magnitude in liquid medium, and the elastomeric material to be densified by incorporating suitable loads.
- the different walls are arranged by elementary patterns 40 of four walls.
- the walls 11, 111, 211 of the successive patterns 40, 140, 240 are all connected to the common potential Vl.
- the walls 12, 112, 212 are connected to a potential i, the walls 13, 113 , 213 at the potential V3 and the walls 14, 114 and 214 at the potential Vt.
- One way to develop these potentials as a function of the differential pressure setpoint ⁇ Po (t) is described in Figure 6.
- the control electronics make the charges injected onto the walls are proportionally, in amplitude, to the square root of the set pressure differential
- a module 605 determines the square root of this absolute value, which determines the control potential Vo (t) present at 607.
- modules 612, 613 make it possible to calculate Heaviside step functions for the values of ⁇ Po (t). More precisely, the module 612 outputs a unit signal for ⁇ Po (t) positive, and zero for ⁇ Po (t) negative. Conversely, the module 613 has as output a unit signal for ⁇ Po (t) negative, and zero for ⁇ Po (t) positive. These signals are multiplied by 614,615 multipliers to give signals equal to + Vo or zero depending on the sign of ⁇ Po (t). These signals are applied at the input of the voltage / charge converters 620, 621 which supply the buses 63, 64, it being understood that the bus 61 remains at a zero potential and that the bus 62 is controlled as explained above.
- the invention has the advantages of making it possible to generate acoustic waves whose pressure is the faithful and almost instantaneous replica of an electrical control signal, by means of a compact device, relatively simple to produce, the
- the same principle can be applied to other fluid media, both liquid and gaseous.
- This device works by generating a variable flow between multiple walls and by the constitution of an external flow field, of revolution, dipolar nature.
- the total volume of fluid expelled by the inter-wall spaces decreasing in volume, at the corresponding vent, is indeed sucked up, in equal quantities, to the opposite vent, by the contiguous spaces in volume increase.
- This variable dipole flow has the property of generating a system of pairs of acoustic waves of opposing pressures, propagating themselves in opposite directions, these pressures being a faithful and almost instantaneous replica of the electrically created pressures in the contiguous spaces defined between the walls.
- all the constituent elements evoked can be adapted to the particular fluid medium, electrically insulating, in which the dipole is called to operate: gas or liquid, and this according to various parameters of this medium, such as in particular its density , the speed of acoustic waves, as well as the range of frequency of use, which conditions in particular the total width and the number of spacers and membranes.
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- Soundproofing, Sound Blocking, And Sound Damping (AREA)
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Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| PL10727042T PL2432600T3 (pl) | 2009-05-20 | 2010-04-27 | Urządzenie do wytwarzania fal akustycznych i instalacja składająca się z wielu takich urządzeń |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR0953399A FR2945890B1 (fr) | 2009-05-20 | 2009-05-20 | Dispositif de generation d'ondes acoustiques, et installation incluant plusieurs de ces dispositifs |
| PCT/FR2010/050794 WO2010133782A1 (fr) | 2009-05-20 | 2010-04-27 | Dispositif de generation d'ondes acoustiques et installation incluant plusieurs de ces dispositifs |
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| EP2432600A1 true EP2432600A1 (fr) | 2012-03-28 |
| EP2432600B1 EP2432600B1 (fr) | 2014-10-08 |
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| US (1) | US8526654B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP2432600B1 (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES2524332T3 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2945890B1 (fr) |
| PL (1) | PL2432600T3 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2010133782A1 (fr) |
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| EP3739904B1 (fr) | 2019-05-14 | 2024-10-16 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | Système de transducteur acoustique et dispositif acoustique |
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| US20120061173A1 (en) | 2012-03-15 |
| WO2010133782A1 (fr) | 2010-11-25 |
| FR2945890A1 (fr) | 2010-11-26 |
| EP2432600B1 (fr) | 2014-10-08 |
| PL2432600T3 (pl) | 2015-05-29 |
| ES2524332T3 (es) | 2014-12-05 |
| US8526654B2 (en) | 2013-09-03 |
| FR2945890B1 (fr) | 2011-06-10 |
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