Microphone System with Non-Orthogonally Mounted Microphone Die
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1. A microphone system comprising:
- a base;
a lid coupled with the base to form a package with an interior chamber, the package having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides;
at least one of the sides having a portion with a substantially planar surface forming an opening for receiving an acoustic signal; and
a microphone die positioned within the interior chamber, the microphone being positioned at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle with regard to the opening in the at least one side.
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Abstract
A microphone system has a lid coupled with a base to form a package with an interior chamber. The package has a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides, and at least one of those sides has a portion with a substantially planar surface forming an opening for receiving an acoustic signal. The microphone system also has a microphone die positioned within the interior chamber. The microphone is positioned at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle with regard to the opening in the at least one side.
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20 Claims
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1. A microphone system comprising:
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a base; a lid coupled with the base to form a package with an interior chamber, the package having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides; at least one of the sides having a portion with a substantially planar surface forming an opening for receiving an acoustic signal; and a microphone die positioned within the interior chamber, the microphone being positioned at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle with regard to the opening in the at least one side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A microphone system comprising:
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a base; a lid coupled with the base to form a package having an interior chamber, the package having a plurality of exterior sides that together form a generally rectangular exterior shape; an opening formed through one of the exterior sides of the package, the opening acoustically coupling the interior chamber with the exterior of the package; and a MEMS microphone die mounted within the interior chamber, the MEMS microphone die being mounted within the interior chamber at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle to the opening. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of forming a microphone system, the method comprising:
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providing a base; providing a lid; securing a microphone die to one of the base and the lid; and securing the base to the lid to form a package having an interior chamber containing the microphone die, the package having a plurality of exterior sides that together form a generally rectangular exterior shape, at least one of the plurality of exterior sides forming an opening for receiving an acoustic signal into the interior chamber, the microphone die being positioned within the interior chamber at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle to at least one of the exterior sides. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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