Condenser microphone and head thereof
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Oct 8, 2013
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Dec 28, 2011
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Abstract
A head of a condenser microphone includes: a condenser microphone unit; a housing supporting the condenser microphone unit; a first circuit board arranged adjacent to the condenser microphone unit in the housing; a second circuit board arranged remote from the condenser microphone unit and separated from the first circuit board in the housing; and a magnetic sheet arranged between and separated from the first circuit board and the second circuit board in the housing, the first circuit board including a circuit for processing an audio signal from the condenser microphone unit; the second circuit board including a DC-DC converter circuit unit for generating a polarization voltage to be applied to the condenser microphone unit.
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- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA | 2-46-1 NISHI-NARUSE MACHIDA-SHI TOKYO 194-8666 |
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
- H04R Class
- 1409 Applications Filed
- 1187 Patents Issued To-Date
- 84.25 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Akino, Hiroshi | Tokyo, JP | 275 | 1766 |
# of filed Patents : 275 Total Citations : 1766 |
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