DIRECTIONAL SILICON CONDENSOR MICROPHONE HAVING ADDITIONAL BACK CHAMBER

• US 20100046780A1
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BSE Company Limited (BSE Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: BSE Company Limited (BSE Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: SONG, Chung Dam
• Granted Patent: US 7,953,235 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/361
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 19/016 for microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 19/04 Microphones H04R19/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 31/006 Interconnection of transducer parts of diaphragm and outer suspension by moulding H04R31/003

Abstract

A directional silicon condenser microphone having an additional back chamber is disclosed. The directional silicon condenser microphone in accordance with the present invention comprises a case having a front sound hole for passing through a front sound; a acoustic delay device for delaying a phase of a sound; a substrate including a chamber case, a MEMS chip having an additional back chamber formed by the chamber case, a ASIC chip for operating the MEMS chip, a conductive pattern for bonding the substrate to the case, and a rear sound hole for passing through a rear sound; a fixing means for fixing the case to the substrate; and an adhesive for bonding the case and the substrate, wherein the adhesive is applied to an entirety of a bonding surface of the case and the substrate fixed by the fixing means.

Claims

1. A silicon condenser microphone comprising:

a case;

a substrate connected to the case;

the substrate and the case defining an interior space,

a MEMS chip located in the interior space,

the MEMS chip having a first back chamber,

a chamber case located in the interior space,

a chamber case having a second back chamber,

the chamber case located on top of the substrate,

the MEMS chip being located next to the chamber case such that the first back chamber and the second back chamber are connected.

2. The microphone in accordance with claim 1 further comprising:

a ASIC chip for operating the MEMS chip is located on the substrate,

the substrate including a conductive pattern which is connected to the case, and

a fixing means for fixing the case to the substrate.

3. The microphone in accordance with claim 2 further comprising an adhesive for bonding the case and the substrate, wherein the adhesive is applied to the entirety of the bonding surface of the case and the substrate fixed by the fixing means.

4. The microphone in accordance with claim 3, wherein the fixing means comprises a welding point formed by a laser welding or a soldering.

5. The microphone in accordance with claim 3, wherein the adhesive comprises one of a conductive epoxy, a non-conductive epoxy, a silver paste, a silicon, a urethane, an acryl and a cream solder.

6. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the case has a shape of a cylinder or a square pillar.

7. The microphone in accordance with claim 6, wherein an end portion of the case is a straight type or curled outward to form a wing.

8. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the chamber case comprises a cylindrical chamber case or a square pillar chamber case, and comprises a through-hole connected to the first back chamber of the MEMS chip.

9. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the chamber case further comprising:

a bottom surface and a top surface,

the bottom surface being fixed to the substrate,

the MEMS chip being fixed to the top surface,

the top surface of the chamber case includes at least one through-hole which is connected to the first back chamber of the MEMS chip.

10. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises one of a PCB, a ceramic substrate, a FPCB substrate and a metal PCB.

11. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a connection terminal disposed on a mounting surface for connecting to an external circuit.

12. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of the substrate and the case includes a sound hole.

13. The microphone in accordance with claim 1, wherein the substrate includes a sound hole and the sound hole is connected to the second back chamber of the chamber case.