EP2472905A1 - Transducteur électroacoustique - Google Patents

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EP2472905A1
EP2472905A1 EP11150121A EP11150121A EP2472905A1 EP 2472905 A1 EP2472905 A1 EP 2472905A1 EP 11150121 A EP11150121 A EP 11150121A EP 11150121 A EP11150121 A EP 11150121A EP 2472905 A1 EP2472905 A1 EP 2472905A1
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electroacoustic transducer
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Heribert Bauer
Stefan Leitner
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Knowles Electronics Asia Pte Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
    • H04R7/02—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones characterised by the construction
    • H04R7/04—Plane diaphragms
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R9/00—Transducers of moving-coil, moving-strip, or moving-wire type
    • H04R9/02—Details
    • H04R9/04—Construction, mounting, or centering of coil

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  • the invention relates to an electro-acoustic transducer comprising a membrane and a magnet system.
  • Micro speakers are loudspeakers mainly used in mobile applications such as mobile phones, mp3 players, navigation systems, laptops etc.
  • micro speakers The key to the success of micro speakers is high performance and high reliability at a very low total cost level.
  • the voice coil One difficulty in the miniaturisation and cost reduction results from the electrical connection that needs to be made to a moving component (the voice coil).
  • the connection is made with loop wires.
  • the voice coil is glued to the membrane.
  • the loop wires at the ends of the voice coils are formed and guided to the fixed part of the speaker, where they are soldered/thermo bonded to contact springs.
  • the loop wires are formed from the same material as the voice coil and move during the operation of the speaker. These moving loop wires are a critical aspect of the reliability of the speaker. This loop wire arrangement also requires a number of components dedicated specifically to the electrical connection.
  • an electro-acoustic transducer comprising a diaphragm, a coil attached to the diaphragm and a permanent magnet arrangement, wherein the magnetic field of the permanent magnet arrangement interacts with the coil electromagnetic field, wherein the diaphragm comprises a flexible circuit board, wherein electrical and mechanical connection is made between the flexible circuit board and the coil.
  • a flexible circuit board enables the diaphragm movement, and also enables fixed electrical connections to be made to the coil.
  • the flexible circuit board preferably comprises a flexible foil printed circuit board.
  • the flexible circuit board can comprise an outer frame, an inner diaphragm part and suspension members extending between the outer frame and the inner diaphragm part.
  • the suspension members thus provide the physical flexibility as well as providing conductor tracks to the outer frame.
  • the electrical connection off the flexible board can then be at the static outer frame part of the board.
  • the inner diaphragm part can be a solid shape. This means the flexible board itself is providing the mechanical diaphragm. In another arrangement, the inner diaphragm part has a central opening over which is provided a plate. The plate then functions as the mechanical diaphragm.
  • suspension members extending between the corners of a generally rectangular inner diaphragm part and corners of a larger generally rectangular outer frame.
  • the coil is preferably annular and positioned at the edge of the inner diaphragm part.
  • the invention provides an electroacoustic transducer (speaker or microphone) having a coil attached to a diaphragm and a permanent magnet arrangement.
  • the diaphragm comprises a flexible circuit board, wherein electrical and mechanical connection is made between the flexible circuit board and the coil. This provides a simple mechanical and electrical connection for the coil with low component count and cost and with good reliability.
  • Figure 1 shows a known electroacoustic transducer 1 as described in W02004/014104 , which in this case is a loudspeaker 1.
  • the transducer 1 is essentially centrally symmetrical in design, and has a transducer axis 2.
  • the transducer 1 has a pot-shaped housing 3, which is made of metal and which has a base wall 4 and a side wall 5.
  • the base wall 4 is provided with a circular elevation 6, in which sound transmission openings are provided (not shown).
  • the pot- shaped housing 3 can have a height of 1-5mm and the diameter of housing 3 in the direction running perpendicular to the direction of transducer axis 2 is for example in the range 5-20mm.
  • the transducer 1 is for example provided for use in a mobile telephone or in similar small scale telecommunications apparatus.
  • the transducer 1 contains a membrane 8, which is essentially U-shaped in its peripheral area 9.
  • the U-shaped peripheral area 9 is connected to a ring 10, which is connected to the membrane 8 when the membrane 8 is produced.
  • the ring 10 is for transport purposes and also for assembly purposes.
  • the ring 10, including the membrane 8 which is connected to it is inserted into the housing 3 in parallel with the direction of transducer axis 2, before the lugs 7 have been bent over.
  • the outer part of the membrane is fixed in position.
  • the membrane 8 has an intermediate area 11 adjacent to the U-shaped peripheral area 9, and an annular securing area 12 adjacent to intermediate area 11.
  • a central area 13 is located within the securing area 12, and the central area 13 is for sound generation.
  • the membrane 8 as a whole is arranged parallel to transducer axis 2 so as to be oscillatory.
  • the transducer 1 is further equipped with a magnet system 14.
  • the magnet system 14 comprises a permanent magnet 15 and an annular first yoke 16, which yoke 16 is located tight against the permanent magnet 15.
  • a second yoke 17 has an L-shaped cross-sectional shape, and a disk-shaped first section 18 of the second yoke 17 is also located tight against the permanent magnet 15.
  • An annular second section 19 protrudes from first section 18 parallel with transducer axis 2.
  • the first yoke 16, then the permanent magnet 15 and then the second yoke 17 are inserted into the housing 3 parallel with the direction of transducer axis 2.
  • the lugs 7 of housing 3 are bent over into their positions as shown in Figure 1 , as a result of which the membrane 8 and the magnet system 14 are fixed.
  • An air gap 20 is formed between the free end of second section 19 of the second yoke 17 and the inner edge of the first yoke 16, which air gap 20 is bounded by the two components of the magnet system, namely the first yoke 16 and the second yoke 17.
  • the magnet system 14 encloses an inner space 22.
  • Fixed in the inner space 22 is a contact carrier 24 made of plastic and provided to hold two moving-coil contacts 25, only one of which moving-coil contacts 25 is visible in Figure 1 owing to the sectional view.
  • the moving-coil contacts 25 are connected to the contact carrier 24 by means of extrusion.
  • the transducer 1 contains a moving coil 29 (the voice coil), which is partly arranged in air gap 20 and is connected to the membrane 8 in its securing area 12 using an adhesive connection.
  • the moving coil 29 interacts with the magnet system 14, wherein an electrical signal representing a signal to be reproduced acoustically is sent to the moving coil 29, as a result of which the moving coil 29 is caused to oscillate, which results in the membrane 8 bringing about the signal to be reproduced acoustically.
  • the electrical signal sent to moving coil 29 must be amplified and, if applicable, its signal waveform must be influenced, before being sent to the moving coil 29.
  • An integrated circuit 31 for this purpose is indicated schematically in Figure 1 .
  • the invention relates particularly to the way the voice coil 29 is mounted and electrically connected.
  • the invention can be applied to a microphone similar in design to that shown in Figure 1 , but it can be applied to other designs.
  • Figure 1 is provided simply to show an example of the typical arrangement of components.
  • Figure 1 The relevant aspects of the design of Figure 1 are that there is a voice coil attached to a diaphragm, and a permanent magnet arrangement.
  • the magnetic field of the permanent magnet arrangement interacts with the voice coil electromagnetic field.
  • the invention provides a transducer in which the diaphragm comprises a flexible circuit board, wherein electrical and mechanical connection is made between the flexible circuit board and the voice coil.
  • FIG. 2 shows a first design from the underside.
  • the flexible circuit board 40 preferably comprises a flexible foil printed circuit board.
  • the flexible circuit board comprises an outer frame 42, an inner diaphragm part 44 and suspension members 46 extending between the outer frame and the inner diaphragm part.
  • the suspension members 46 thus provide the physical flexibility as well as providing conductor tracks to the outer frame.
  • the corners of the outer frame can be provided with electrical contacts to the control circuitry, and the flexible circuit board 40 provides the electrical connections to the voice coil 29.
  • the outer frame is fixed as in the example of Figure 1 .
  • the electrical connection off the flexible board is thus at the static outer frame part of the board.
  • the inner diaphragm part can be a solid shape, as shown in Figure 2 .
  • the inner diaphragm part 44 has a central opening 50 over which is provided a plate. The plate then functions as the mechanical diaphragm.
  • electrical connections from the voice coil 29 to the circuit board are at connection points 52 which are positioned within the shape of the voice coil.
  • suspension members there are four suspension members extending between the corners of a generally rectangular inner diaphragm part 44 and corners of a larger generally rectangular outer frame 42.
  • a different shape can be used.
  • the voice coil 29 is annular and positioned around the edge of the inner diaphragm part 44. There may be two concentric annular voice coils, adjacent each other, and both positioned around the edge of the inner diaphragm part. Dual voice coil speakers are known. The use of dual voice coils enables different amplification systems to be used, for example boost bridge amplifiers. The additional connections required to two voice coils has been a problem in the past.
  • Figure 4 shows the arrangement of components in cross section.
  • the voice coil 29 is provided with short circuit rings 33.
  • the voice coil is surrounded by the permanent magnet 15, the first yoke 16 which functions as a pole plate, and the second yoke 17.
  • the short circuit rings 33 play no role.
  • the short circuit rings enter the air gap between the pole plate 16 and yoke 17, they increase the electrical damping.
  • the upper short circuit ring can be part of the structure of the PCB.
  • the short circuit rings are not electrically connected to the voice coil.
  • the short circuit rings are low weight electrically conducting material, such as aluminium.
  • Figure 5 shows two voice coils - an inner coil 29a and an outer coil 29b suspended by the flexible circuit board 40.
  • the short circuit rings 33 are also shown.
  • the specific design of the suspension arms may vary to obtain the desired flexibility and elasticity. Some variations are shown in Figures 5 to 7 .
  • the suspension members have a lateral widening 60 which includes an opening. This shape increases the flexibility of the suspension members 46. There may be multiple widenings on each suspension member in series.
  • FIGS 7 and 8 show further variations more schematically.
  • the length of the suspension members 46 is increased by coupling each corner of the inner diaphragm portion 44 not to the closest corner of the outer frame, but to the next corner (clockwise in this example) around the outer frame.
  • the invention has been described with reference to a speaker, but it may be applied more generally to electro acoustic transducers, including microphones.
  • the PCB can be single sided or double sided. Solder bonds can be used for the mechanical and electrical connection, but additional mechanical coupling can also be used (such as fixings or adhesives).
  • the PCB can be of known design, with flexible conductive tracks such as copper on a flexible carrier.

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