KR20140115013A - Diaphragm of Electrowetting Speaker Having Petal Pattern - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a diaphragm of an electrowetting speaker for driving a diaphragm using an electrowetting effect of a droplet, wherein the diaphragm includes a petal pattern for providing a petal effect for fixing the droplet, And to prevent departure. The electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm according to the present invention vibrates due to the surface tension of the liquid droplet which is changed by applying an electric field generated by a driving voltage in which the magnitude of the voltage changes according to an audio signal to the liquid droplet, Wherein at least a portion of the surface is in contact with the droplet, and the surface in contact with the droplet comprises a petal pattern providing a petal effect for fixing the droplet.
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The present invention relates to an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm for driving a diaphragm using an electrowetting effect of a droplet, The present invention relates to an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern capable of preventing dropout of a liquid droplet by including a petal pattern provided thereto.
Speakers are electric devices that generate sound by converting an audio signal into vibration of a diaphragm. The speaker is classified into a dynamic speaker, a piezoelectric speaker, and an electrostatic speaker according to the driving method of the diaphragm. can do.
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Sihong Ahn and Sergey Potapov, "The surface sound speaker using electrowetting" (Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0043707, 5.7) discloses an electrowetting speaker that drives a diaphragm using a shape change due to a change in the surface energy of a liquid due to application of an electric field, using electrowetting (electrowetting) characteristics of the droplet .
4A and 4B show the electrowetting phenomenon of the
5A and 5B show an
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However, due to the fluidity of the
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to the present invention, in which a diaphragm provides a petal effect for fixing a liquid droplet to a surface in contact with the liquid droplet The present invention aims at preventing deterioration of performance and loss of function of the electrowetting speaker by maintaining the liquid droplet stably even in an environment in which gravity continuously acts or in a mobile environment where sudden movement occurs.
The electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including the petal pattern according to the embodiment of the present invention can be formed by forming a petal pattern on the surface of the diaphragm through a commercialized surface treatment technique such as plasma surface treatment technique, electrochemical surface treatment technique, and nanoimprint surface treatment technique In order to facilitate the operation of the apparatus.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a diaphragm for use in an electrowetting speaker comprising a diaphragm and a liquid droplet contacting the diaphragm, wherein an electric field generated by a driving voltage, The surface contacting the liquid droplet is in a petal pattern that provides a petal effect that fixes the liquid droplet, the surface being in contact with the liquid droplet, And a control unit.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the petal pattern may be any one of a fine surface pattern of rose petals, a fine surface pattern of a petal of petals, and a fine surface pattern of a sunflower petal .
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the petal pattern is formed by applying a plasma surface treatment to the surface of the diaphragm.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the petal pattern is formed by applying an electrochemical surface treatment to the surface of the diaphragm.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the petal pattern is formed by a method of nano-imprinting the petal pattern on the surface of the diaphragm.
In the electro-wetting speaker diaphragm according to the embodiment of the present invention, the diaphragm is a metal thin film, and the petal pattern is formed on a surface of the metal thin film in contact with the liquid droplet.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the diaphragm is an organic film including a metal layer on at least one side thereof, the metal layer is in contact with the liquid droplet, Is formed on a surface of the substrate facing the liquid droplet.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the diaphragm is an organic film including a metal layer on at least one side thereof, the organic film is in contact with the liquid droplet, And is formed on the surface of the organic film which is in contact with the droplet.
In an electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm including a petal pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention, the diaphragm may further include a hydrophobic insulating layer on at least one side thereof, and the petal pattern may be formed on a surface of the hydrophobic insulating layer, Is formed.
An electrowetting loudspeaker diaphragm comprising a petal pattern according to the present invention includes a petal pattern that provides a petal effect that fixes the droplet to a surface in contact with the droplet, The liquid droplet stably maintains its position even in a mobile environment where an environment or a sudden movement occurs, thereby preventing deterioration of performance and loss of function of the electrowetting speaker.
The electro-wetting loudspeaker diaphragm including the petal pattern according to the embodiment of the present invention can be easily formed on the surface of the diaphragm by using the plasma surface treatment technique, the electrochemical surface treatment technique, the nano imprint surface treatment technique, Of the present invention.
1 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional coin type speaker.
FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are diagrams showing the operation of a conventional piezoelectric speaker. FIG.
Figs. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing the operation of a conventional electrostatic speaker. Fig.
4A and 4B are diagrams showing electro-wetting phenomenon of droplets.
5A and 5B are diagrams showing the operation of a conventional electrowetting speaker.
6 is a configuration diagram showing a case where gravity acts on a conventional electrowetting speaker.
7 is a configuration diagram showing a case where a sudden movement occurs in a conventional electrowetting speaker.
8 is a configuration diagram of an electrowetting speaker including a diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a configuration diagram of an electrowetting speaker including a diaphragm according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a configuration diagram of an electrowetting speaker including a diaphragm according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11A and 11B are diagrams showing a petal effect by a petal.
12 is a view showing a petal pattern;
13 is a sectional view of a diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a sectional view of a diaphragm according to another embodiment of the present invention;
15 is a sectional view of a diaphragm according to another embodiment of the present invention;
16 is a sectional view of a diaphragm according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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The surface of the
Artificial reproduction of biological microstructures such as plants, insects, and the like is being actively carried out. The petal effect is one of such biological microstructures. As shown in FIG. 11A, when the
The paper describes the principle of petal effect, the structure of petal pattern (121), the structure of petal effect (121), and the structure of petal effect (121), such as Lin Feng et al., "Petal Effect: A Superhydrophobic State with High Adhesive Force" And the method of reproducing the
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Examples of the method of forming the petal pattern include a plasma surface treatment method which intensifies a desired pattern on the surface of a target object through a corona discharge, an electrochemical surface treatment method or a method of using the "Petal effect: super- The nanoimprint method disclosed in US Pat.
Figs. 13 to 16 show the
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Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the
Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the
16, in the embodiment in which the
100: electrowetting speaker 110: fixed electrode
120: diaphragm 121: petal pattern
122: metal
124, 125: metal layer 127: hydrophobic insulating layer
130: droplet
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An electric field generated by a driving voltage varying in magnitude of a voltage according to an audio signal is oscillated by a surface tension of the liquid droplet which is changed by being applied to the liquid droplet,
At least a portion of the surface abuts the droplet,
Wherein the surface in contact with the droplet comprises a petal pattern providing a petal effect for securing the droplet. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >
Wherein the petal pattern is one of a fine surface pattern of rose petals, a fine surface pattern of a petal, a fine surface pattern of a sunflower petal.
Wherein the petal pattern is formed by applying a plasma surface treatment to the surface of the diaphragm.
Wherein the petal pattern is formed by applying an electrochemical surface treatment to the surface of the diaphragm.
Wherein the petal pattern is formed by a method of nano-imprinting the petal pattern on the surface of the diaphragm.
The diaphragm is a thin metal film,
Wherein the petal pattern is formed on a surface of the metal thin film that is in contact with the liquid droplet.
The diaphragm is an organic film including a metal layer on at least one side thereof,
Wherein the metal layer is in contact with the droplet,
Wherein the petal pattern is formed on a surface of the metal layer that is in contact with the liquid droplet.
The diaphragm is an organic film including a metal layer on at least one side thereof,
Wherein the organic film is in contact with the droplet,
Wherein the petal pattern is formed on a surface of the organic film that is in contact with the liquid droplet.
Wherein the diaphragm further comprises a hydrophobic insulating layer on at least one side thereof,
And the petal pattern is formed on a surface of the hydrophobic insulating layer that is in contact with the liquid droplet.
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