Planar voice coil, planar voice coil substrate, and manufacturing method for planar voice coil substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025203293-A1
Application number	US-202418964256-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 29, 2024
Priority date	Dec 19, 2023
Publication date	Jun 19, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention discloses a planar voice coil substrate, including a dielectric layer and a first patterned conductive layer, a first magnetic metal, a second patterned conductive layer, and a second magnetic metal that are embedded in the dielectric layer. The first patterned conductive layer has a first helical coil structure, and the first magnetic metal is configured in the first helical coil structure. The second patterned conductive layer has a second helical coil structure disposed opposite the first helical coil structure, and the second magnetic metal is configured in the second helical coil structure. The first helical coil structure and the second helical coil structure form an electrical loop via conductive elements. Additionally, the present invention also discloses a planar voice coil applied to the planar voice coil substrate and a manufacturing method for planar voice coil substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A planar voice coil substrate, comprising:
a dielectric layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other; a first patterned conductive layer, having a first helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the first surface, wherein two ends of the first helical coil structure respectively have a first endpoint and a second endpoint; a first magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the first patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the first helical coil structure; a second patterned conductive layer, having a second helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the second surface, wherein two ends of the second helical coil structure respectively have a third endpoint and a fourth endpoint, and a fifth endpoint is arranged on a side of the second helical coil structure and opposite the first endpoint; a second magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the second patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the second helical coil structure of the second patterned conductive layer; a first conductor, connected between the first endpoint and the fifth endpoint; and a second conductor, connected between the second endpoint and the third endpoint; wherein the fourth endpoint and the fifth endpoint each are connected to an externally-and-electrically-connected pad exposed from the second surface of the dielectric layer.

2 . The planar voice coil substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic metal and the second magnetic metal are connected as a whole via a third magnetic metal.

3 . The planar voice coil substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the first magnetic metal and/or the second magnetic metal is nickel, an iron-nickel alloy, or an iron-cobalt-nickel alloy.

4 . A planar voice coil, comprising:
a frame, having a sidewall and a base, wherein the sidewall and the base form an opening and an accommodation space; a diaphragm, disposed in the opening and covering the accommodation space; a first planar voice coil substrate, arranged on a side of the diaphragm relative to the accommodation space and combined with each other in a single continuous unit, and a magnetic element, arranged opposite to the first planar voice coil substrate in the accommodation space and connected to the base; wherein the first planar voice coil substrate comprising:
a dielectric layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other;
a first patterned conductive layer, having a first helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the first surface, wherein two ends of the first helical coil structure respectively have a first endpoint and a second endpoint;
a first magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the first patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the first helical coil structure;
a second patterned conductive layer, having a second helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the second surface, wherein two ends of the second helical coil structure respectively have a third endpoint and a fourth endpoint, and a fifth endpoint is arranged on a side of the second helical coil structure and opposite the first endpoint;
a second magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the second patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the second helical coil structure of the second patterned conductive layer;
a first conductor, connected between the first endpoint and the fifth endpoint; and
a second conductor, connected between the second endpoint and the third endpoint;
wherein the fourth endpoint and the fifth endpoint each are connected to an externally-and-electrically-connected pad exposed from the second surface of the dielectric layer.

5 . The planar voice coil according to claim 4 , wherein the first magnetic metal and the second magnetic metal are connected as a whole via a third magnetic metal.

6 . The planar voice coil according to claim 4 , wherein the magnetic element is a second planar voice coil substrate, and the second planar voice coil substrate comprising:
a dielectric layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other; a first patterned conductive layer, having a first helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the first surface, wherein two ends of the first helical coil structure respectively have a first endpoint and a second endpoint; a first magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the first patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the first helical coil structure; a second patterned conductive layer, having a second helical coil structure embedded on a side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the second surface, wherein two ends of the second helical coil structure respectively have a third endpoint and a fourth endpoint, and a fifth endpoint is arranged on a side of the second helical coil structure and opposite the first endpoint; a second magnetic metal, embedded in the dielectric layer, located on a same level as the second patterned conductive layer, and arranged in the second helical coil structure of the second patterned conductive layer; a first conductor, connected between the first endpoint and the fifth endpoint; and a second conductor, connected between the second endpoint and the third endpoint; wherein the fourth endpoint and the fifth endpoint each are connected to an externally-and-electrically-connected pad exposed from the second surface of the dielectric layer.

7 . The planar voice coil according to claim 6 , wherein the first magnetic metal and the second magnetic metal are connected as a whole via a third magnetic metal.

8 . A manufacturing method for a planar voice coil substrate, the manufacturing method comprising:
providing a carrier board; forming a first dielectric layer on the carrier board; forming a first patterned conductive layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein the first patterned conductive layer has a first helical coil structure, and two ends of the first helical coil structure respectively have a first endpoint and a second endpoint; forming a first magnetic metal on the first dielectric layer, wherein the first magnetic metal is arranged in the first helical coil structure; forming a second dielectric layer to cover the first patterned conductive layer and the first magnetic metal; forming a first conductor connected to the first endpoint and forming a second conductor connected to the second endpoint in the second dielectric layer; forming a second patterned conductive layer on the second dielectric layer, wherein the second patterned conductive layer has a second helical coil structure, two ends of the second helical coil structure respectively have a third endpoint and a fourth endpoint, the third endpoint is connected to the second conductor, and a fifth endpoint is arranged on a side of the second helical coil structure and connected to the first conductor; forming a second magnetic metal on the second dielectric layer, wherein the second magnetic metal is arranged in the second helical coil structure; forming a third dielectric layer to cover the second patterned conductive layer and the second magnetic metal; forming, at the third dielectric layer, an externally-and-electrically connected pad connected to the fourth endpoint and the fifth endpoint, wherein the externally-and-electrically connected pad is exposed from the third dielectric layer; and removing the carrier board.

9 .

Assignees

• Phoenix Pioneer Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chou Pao-Hung
• Chang Ming-Yeh
• Hsu Che-Wei
• Hsu Shih-Ping

Classifications

• H04R9/047

  in which the windings of the moving coil lay in the same plane · CPC title

• H04R9/025 Primary

  Magnetic circuit · CPC title

• H04R2209/041

  Voice coil arrangements comprising more than one voice coil unit on the same bobbin · CPC title

• H04R2209/024

  Manufacturing aspects of the magnetic circuit of loudspeaker or microphone transducers · CPC title

• H04R31/00 Primary

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor {(manufacture of microstructural arrangements of deformable or non-deformable structures in general B81C1/00182)} · CPC title