Miniature speaker device and television set

• US 8,130,998 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Koyama, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Calvin
• Application Number:
  US12/476,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20090316933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 381/57, 381/71.7, 381/336, 381/387, 438 50- 53, 257/254, 257/416, 257/E29.324
• US Class Current: 381/387
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/03 the amplifier being designed for audio applications
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/183 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3015 using diodes or transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2834 for loudspeaker transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/04 for correcting frequency response

Abstract

A miniature speaker device includes a housing, a speaker mounted on the housing, a passive radiator mounted on the housing and vibrating in resonance with vibration of the speaker and having no driving system and a low frequency range amplification circuit for amplifying sound pressure in frequency components of a low frequency range of a single audio signal input in the speaker.

Claims

1. A miniature speaker device comprising:

a housing;

a speaker mounted on said housing;

a passive radiator mounted on said housing and vibrating in resonance with vibration of said speaker and having no driving system;

a low frequency range amplification circuit for amplifying sound pressure in frequency components of a low frequency range of a single audio signal input in said speaker; and

an amplifier circuit for amplifying the audio signal output from said low frequency range amplification circuit.

2. The miniature speaker device according to claim 1, further comprising a speaker device body including said speaker and said passive radiator, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit is so formed that sound pressure in the frequency components of at least 50 Hz and not more than 100 Hz which are in the low frequency range, generated from said speaker device body and sound pressure at a frequency of around 1 kHz are amplified to be substantially the same.

3. The miniature speaker device according to claim 2, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit is so formed that sound pressure at a frequency of around 70 Hz which is in the low frequency range, generated from said speaker device body and the sound pressure at the frequency of around 1 kHz are amplified to be substantially the same.

4. The miniature speaker device according to claim 2, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit is so formed as to amplify the sound pressure in the frequency components of the low frequency range of at least 50 Hz and not more than 100 Hz.

5. The miniature speaker device according to claim 4, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit is so formed as to most greatly amplify the sound pressure at a frequency of the low frequency range of around 70 Hz.

6. The miniature speaker device according to claim 2, wherein

said passive radiator is so formed that sound pressure in the frequency components of the low frequency range of at least 50 Hz and not more than 100 Hz is output to be larger than sound pressure in frequency components of more than 100 Hz.

7. The miniature speaker device according to claim 6, wherein

a frequency at which sound pressure output from said passive radiator reaches a maximum is located on a lower frequency side than a frequency at which sound pressure is most greatly amplified in said low frequency range amplification circuit.

8. The miniature speaker device according to claim 7, wherein

said passive radiator having no driving system includes a corn vibrating in resonance with vibration of said speaker and a spindle for adjusting a weight of said corn, supported by said corn, and

the weight of said corn is so adjusted by said spindle that said corn resonates at a frequency of around 50 Hz in a state where said passive radiator having no driving system is mounted on said housing.

9. The miniature speaker device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an automatic gain control circuit outputting the audio signal input in said low frequency range amplification circuit and keeping output to said low frequency range amplification circuit substantially constant.

10. The miniature speaker device according to claim 9, wherein

said passive radiator is not electrically connected to said automatic gain control circuit, said low frequency range amplification circuit and said amplifier circuit, while said speaker is electrically connected to said automatic gain control circuit, said low frequency range amplification circuit and said amplifier circuit.

11. The miniature speaker device according to claim 1, wherein

said housing has a volume of at least 400 cm³ and not more than 1000 cm³.

12. The miniature speaker device according to claim 1, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit includes an operational amplifier and a feedback circuit portion connecting an input side and an output side of said operational amplifier and returning the input single audio signal from the output side of said operational amplifier to the input side of said operational amplifier, and

said feedback circuit portion attenuates sound pressure in frequency components of a high frequency range of the input single audio signal.

13. The miniature speaker device according to claim 12, wherein

said feedback circuit portion has at least a capacitor and a resistance connected to said capacitor in parallel.

14. A thin television set comprising a miniature speaker device including a housing, a speaker mounted on said housing, a passive radiator mounted on said housing and vibrating in resonance with vibration of said speaker and having no driving system, a low frequency range amplification circuit for amplifying sound pressure in frequency components of a low frequency range of a single audio signal input in said speaker, and an amplifier circuit for amplifying the audio signal output from said low frequency range amplification circuit.

15. The thin television set according to claim 14, wherein

said miniature speaker device further includes a speaker device body having said speaker and said passive radiator, and

said low frequency range amplification circuit is so formed that sound pressure in the frequency components of at least 50 Hz and not more than 100 Hz which are in the low frequency range, generated from said speaker device body and sound pressure at a frequency of around 1 kHz are amplified to be substantially the same.

16. The thin television set according to claim 15, wherein

said passive radiator is so formed that sound pressure in the frequency components of the low frequency range of at least 50 Hz and not more than 100 Hz is output to be larger than sound pressure in frequency components of more than 100 Hz.

17. The thin television set according to claim 16, wherein

a frequency at which sound pressure output from said passive radiator reaches a maximum is located on a lower frequency side than a frequency at which sound pressure is most greatly amplified in said low frequency range amplification circuit.

18. The thin television set according to claim 17, wherein

said passive radiator having no driving system has a corn vibrating in resonance with vibration of said speaker and a spindle for adjusting a weight of said corn, supported by said corn, and

the weight of said corn is so adjusted by said spindle that said corn resonates at a frequency of around 50 Hz in a state where said passive radiator having no driving system is mounted on said housing.

19. The thin television set according to claim 14, wherein

said miniature speaker device further includes an automatic gain control circuit outputting the audio signal input in said low frequency range amplification circuit and keeping output to said low frequency range amplification circuit substantially constant.

20. The thin television set according to claim 14, wherein

said low frequency range amplification circuit has an operational amplifier and a feedback circuit portion connecting an input side and an output side of said operational amplifier and returning the input single audio signal from the output side of said operational amplifier to the input side of said operational amplifier, and

said feedback circuit portion attenuates sound pressure in frequency components of a high frequency range of the input single audio signal.