Micro speaker with capacitors formed by conductive cover and segmented diaphragm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820068-B2
Application number	US-201615011454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Jul 9, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A micro speaker is disclosed. The micro speaker includes a diaphragm and a voice coil for driving the diaphragm, the diaphragm including a conductive dome and a suspension surrounding the conductive dome, the conductive dome including a plurality of units being isolated from each other; a conductive front cover located adjacent to and keeping a distance from the conductive dome; and a plurality of capacitors formed by the units of conductive dome and the conductive front cover for outputting electrical signals according to vibrations of the diaphragm and for detecting real-time replacement of the diaphragm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A micro speaker, comprising:
a frame, a conductive front cover engaging with the frame, a receiving space formed by the frame and the conductive front cover;
a diaphragm and a voice coil for driving the diaphragm respectively received in the receiving space, the diaphragm including a conductive dome in the shape of plate and a suspension surrounding the conductive dome, the conductive dome including a plurality of units being isolated from each other, the suspension including two opposite long sides made of non-conductive silica, two opposite short sides made of non-conductive silica and four arc sides made of conductive silica connected with the long sides and the short sides, four conductive pads, one conductive pad located on each arc side and each conductive pad electrically connecting to a corresponding unit of the plurality of units of the conductive dome; wherein the four conductive pads are configured to output electrical signals;
the conductive front cover located above the conductive dome and keeping a distance from the conductive dome;
a plurality of capacitors formed by the plurality of units of the conductive dome and the conductive front cover for outputting electrical signals according to vibrations of the diaphragm and for detecting real-time replacement of the diaphragm.

2. The micro speaker as described in claim 1 , wherein an amount of the plurality of units of the conductive dome is 4, and 4 capacitors are accordingly formed by the 4 units of the conductive dome and the conductive front cover.

3. The micro speaker as described in claim 2 , wherein the conductive front cover includes a lead wire for outputting electrical signals from the conductive front cover.

4. The micro speaker as described in claim 1 , wherein the conductive dome is an aluminum foil dome or a compound aluminum foil.

Assignees

• Aac Technologies Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Yang

Classifications

• H04R2307/204

  Material aspects of the outer suspension of loudspeaker diaphragms · CPC title

• H04R7/127

  dome-shaped · CPC title

• H04R7/18

  at the periphery · CPC title

• H04R29/003 Primary

  of the moving-coil type · CPC title

• H04R9/06

  Loudspeakers · CPC title