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Printed circuit board for a flat-panel speaker

  • US 8,150,091 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2007
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A printed circuit board (PCB) for a consumer electronic device, the PCB comprising:

  • one or more substrate layers having a conductive trace connecting one or more electronic components;

    a flat-panel speaker mounted to an exterior surface of the PCB, and comprising a flat-panel element configured to produce audible sound;

    an acoustic chamber disposed adjacent the flat-panel element, and comprising a volume formed as a recess in a first exterior surface of the PCB extending at least partially into the interior of the one or more substrate layers; and

    one or more through-holes formed in the one or more substrate layers and extending through the interior of the PCB to an opposing exterior surface of the PCB, the one or more through-holes acoustically connecting the acoustic chamber to the opposing exterior surface of the PCB.

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