Condenser microphone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9736586-B2
Application number	US-201615366661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Dec 21, 2015
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A condenser microphone includes a first grounded-plate electron tube having a plate to which a dc power is supplied, and a cathode provided with an output terminal, a self-biasing circuit that is connected to the cathode of the first electron tube and that generates a grid bias voltage of the first electron tube by voltage drop with a cathode current, and a second grounded-cathode electron tube having a plate to which a series circuit of the first electron tube and the self-biasing circuit is connected as a load circuit. A positive phase output from a first condenser microphone unit is supplied to a grid of the first electron tube, and a reverse phase output from a second condenser microphone unit is supplied to a grid of the second electron tube.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A condenser microphone comprising:
a grounded-plate first electron tube having a plate to which a direct current operating power is supplied, and a cathode provided with an output terminal;
a self-biasing circuit including a voltage dropping element that is connected to the cathode of the first electron tube and that generates a grid bias voltage of the first electron tube by voltage drop with a cathode current; and
a grounded-cathode second electron tube having a plate to which a series circuit of the first electron tube and the self-biasing circuit is connected as a load circuit, wherein
a positive phase output signal from a first condenser microphone unit is supplied to a grid of the first electron tube, and a reverse phase output signal from a second condenser microphone unit is supplied to a grid of the second electron tube, and an added signal of the signal from the first condenser microphone unit and the signal from the second condenser microphone unit is outputted to an output terminal of the cathode in the first electron tube.

2. A condenser microphone according to claim 1 , comprising:
two sets of condenser microphones described in claim 1 ,
wherein a positive phase output from the first condenser microphone unit is supplied to the grid of the first electron tube in a first set, and a reverse phase output from the second condenser microphone unit is supplied to the grid of the second electron tube in the first set, a reverse phase output from a third condenser microphone unit is supplied to the grid of the first electron tube in a second set, and a positive phase output from a fourth condenser microphone unit is supplied to the grid of the second electron tube in the second set, and balanced output signals of the microphones are outputted between an output terminal of the cathode of the first electron tube in the first set and an output terminal of the cathode of the first electron tube in the second set.

3. The condenser microphone according to claim 1 , wherein
a diode is used as a voltage dropping element that constitutes the self-biasing circuit, and a by-pass capacitor is connected in parallel with the diode.

4. The condenser microphone according to claim 2 , wherein
a diode is used as a voltage dropping element that constitutes the self-biasing circuit, and a by-pass capacitor is connected in parallel with the diode.

5. The condenser microphone according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first electron tube and the second electron tube is one of a dual triode.

6. The condenser microphone according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the first electron tube and the second electron tube is one of a dual triode tube.

7. The condenser microphone according to claim 1 , wherein
diaphragms of the condenser microphone units are arranged on a same plane such that distances from a sound source are to be identical.

8. The condenser microphone according to claim 2 , wherein
diaphragms of the condenser microphone units are arranged on a same plane such that distances from a sound source are to be identical.

9. The condenser microphone according to claim 1 , wherein
the condenser microphone units are configured of back electret-type condenser microphone units including an electret dielectric film on a fixed electrode.

10. The condenser microphone according to claim 2 , wherein
the condenser microphone units are configured of back electret-type condenser microphone units including an electret dielectric film on a fixed electrode.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Akino Hiroshi

Classifications

• H04R19/04

  Microphones (H04R19/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H03F3/181

  Low-frequency amplifiers, e.g. audio preamplifiers · CPC title

• H04R3/005

  for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407) · CPC title

• H04R3/04 Primary

  for correcting frequency response · CPC title

• H03F3/30

  Single-ended push-pull {[SEPP]} amplifiers {(single-ended sense amplifiers G11C7/067)}; Phase-splitters therefor · CPC title