Electrical testing and feedthrough cancellation for an acoustic sensor
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- applying a signal waveform of a defined frequency to an acoustic sensor to mitigate a mechanical response of the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor generates an electrical signal in response to the signal waveform; and
performing electrical feedthrough cancellation to cancel out a portion of the electrical signal that is an electrical feedthrough signal to facilitate determining a sensitivity of the acoustic sensor.
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Abstract
A method and circuit for testing an acoustic sensor are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises using electro-mechanical features of the acoustic sensor to measure characteristic of the acoustic sensor. In a second aspect, the method comprises utilizing an actuation signal to evaluate mechanical characteristics of the acoustic sensor. In a third aspect, the method comprises using a feedthrough cancellation system to measure a capacitance of the acoustic sensor. In the fourth aspect, the circuit comprises a mechanism for driving an electrical signal into a signal path of the acoustic sensor to cancel an electrical feedthrough signal provided to the signal path, wherein any of the electrical signal and the electrical feedthrough signal are within or above an audio range.
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1. A method, comprising:
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applying a signal waveform of a defined frequency to an acoustic sensor to mitigate a mechanical response of the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor generates an electrical signal in response to the signal waveform; and performing electrical feedthrough cancellation to cancel out a portion of the electrical signal that is an electrical feedthrough signal to facilitate determining a sensitivity of the acoustic sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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driving a signal waveform of a defined frequency into an acoustic sensor to facilitate diminishing a mechanical response of the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor generates an electrical signal in response to the signal waveform; and performing electrical feedthrough cancellation to cancel out a portion of the electrical signal that is an electrical feedthrough signal to facilitate determining a mechanical parameter of the acoustic sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device, comprising:
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an electrostatic force generator that applies a signal waveform of a defined frequency to an acoustic sensor to mitigate a mechanical response of the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor generates an electrical signal in response to the signal waveform; and an electrical feedthrough cancellation component that performs electrical feedthrough cancellation to cancel out a portion of the electrical signal that is an electrical feedthrough signal to facilitate a determination of one or more characteristics of the acoustic sensor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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