Microphone coupler for a communication device

• US 7,280,855 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Issued: 10/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Mankaruse, George, Phillips, Robert, Hawker, Larry
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild; Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHAI MINH
• Application Number:
  US11/167,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.1, 455/575.5, 455/90.1, 455/351, 455/575.8, 381/365, 381/355, 381/361
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/035 Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/023 Screens for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2846 Vents, i.e. ports, e.g. shape thereof or tuning thereof with damping material number or position of ports H04R1/2838; vents in bass reflex type enclosures H04R1/2823
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

The invention provides a communication device comprising: a cover; a printed circuit board; a microphone on the printed circuit board; an antenna located at least in part within the cover; and a RF shield can shaped to fit over the microphone about the PCB. In the device, the cover is shaped to enclose the PCB and the RF shield can. The cover provides pressure on the RF shield can to press inward on the microphone to fixedly attach it to the PCB.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a printed circuit board (PCB) having a conductive pad;

a microphone;

a RF shield can shaped to fit over said microphone having an opening for sound to reach said microphone; and

a cover shaped to enclose said PCB and said RF shield can, said cover positioned to press on said microphone to fix said microphone in position on said conductive pad on said PCB and having an internal cavity defined by a set of walls, said cavity shaped to receive said RF shield can to hold said RF shield can in place over said microphone.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said set of walls are lined with a metallized material making contact with said RF shield can.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a RF gasket shaped to contact a bottom edge of said RF shield can, said gasket being located between said PCB and said RF shield can; and

an electrical connection in said PCB contacting said RF gasket to complete a ground path for said RF shield can to a ground connection in said PCB.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

a microphone boot fitted to cover one of said microphone and said RF gasket.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a Helmholtz cavity located above said microphone.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the Helmholtz cavity is defined by a space located immediately underneath said cover.

7. The communication device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the RF shield can is metallic.

8. A communication device comprising:

a printed circuit board (PCB) having a conductive pad;

a microphone located on said printed circuit board;

a RF shield can providing an RF shield, said RF shield can shaped to fit over said microphone having an opening for sound to reach said microphone; and

a cover shaped to enclose said PCB and said RF shield can, said cover positioned to press on said microphone to fix said microphone in position on said conductive pad on said PCB and having an internal cavity defined by a set of walls, said cavity shaved to receive said RF shield can to hold said RF shield can in place over said microphone; and

an antenna located at least in part within said cover.

9. The communication device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said cover further comprises:

an internal cavity defined by a set of walls, said cavity shaped to receive said RF shield can.

10. The communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said set of walls are lined with a metallized material.

11. The communication device as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a RF gasket shaped to contact a bottom edge of said RF shield can, said gasket being located between said PCB and said RF shield can; and

an electrical connection in said PCB contacting said RF gasket to complete a ground path for said RF shield can to a ground connection in said PCB.

12. The communication device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a microphone boot fitted to cover one of said microphone and said RF gasket.

13. The communication device as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

a Helmholtz cavity located in a space located immediately below said cover.