Microphone device including light emitting elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016249121-A1
Application number	US-201615009189-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 28, 2016
Priority date	Feb 24, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A microphone device includes an audio signal output circuit that balanced-outputs, through a balanced transmission line, an audio signal output from a condenser microphone unit, a balanced output terminal including a hot terminal, a cold terminal, and a ground terminal connected to the balanced transmission line, a power supply circuit that supplies a phantom power supply to the audio output circuit from the balanced output terminal through the balanced transmission line, and a display circuit including light emitting elements that perform lighting and non-lighting according to an operation of a manual switch, and the display circuit includes constant current elements that generate a constant current through the balanced transmission line, a constant voltage element connected to the constant current elements and which generates a constant voltage, and light emitting elements connected to the constant current elements, and to which the constant voltage by the constant voltage element is applied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A microphone device including light emitting elements, comprising:
a condenser microphone unit; an audio output circuit configured to balanced-output, through a balanced transmission line, an audio signal output from the condenser microphone unit; a balanced output terminal including a hot terminal, a cold terminal, and a ground terminal connected to the balanced transmission line; a power supply circuit configured to supply a phantom power supply to the audio output circuit from the balanced output terminal through the balanced transmission line; a manual switch; and a display circuit including the light emitting elements that perform lighting and non-lighting according to an operation of the manual switch, wherein the display circuit includes
constant current elements that generate a constant current through the balanced transmission line,
a constant voltage element that is connected to the constant current elements and generates a constant voltage, and
the light emitting elements connected to the constant current elements, and to which the constant voltage by the constant voltage element is applied.

2 . The microphone device including light emitting elements according to claim 1 , wherein
the constant current elements are constant current diodes with one ends respectively connected to the hot terminal and the cold terminal, and the other ends commonly connected, and the light emitting elements and the constant voltage element are connected in parallel to a side of the commonly connected ends.

3 . The microphone device including light emitting elements according to claim 1 , wherein
the display circuit includes a transistor that is ON/OFF driven according to an operation of the manual switch, and the light emitting elements are connected to the transistor in series.

4 . The microphone device including light emitting elements according to claim 2 , wherein
the other ends of the commonly connected end of the constant current elements and the constant voltage element are both connected to the ground terminal.

5 . The microphone device including light emitting elements according to claim 3 , wherein
the constant voltage element is connected in parallel to the series circuit of the transistor and the light emitting elements.

6 . The microphone device including light emitting elements according to claim 2 , wherein
the light emitting elements are a plurality of LEDs connected in series.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Akino Hiroshi

Classifications

• H04R1/028 Primary

  associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles · CPC title

• H04R19/04

  Microphones (H04R19/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R1/326

  for microphones (H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04M3/56

  Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities (video conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04R27/00

  Public address systems (circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; {monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007}; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title