Cylindrical mems structures for audio components
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsOnur I. Ilkorur, Christopher Wilk, Gokhan Hatipoglu, Peter C. Hrudey
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsOnur I. Ilkorur, Christopher Wilk, Gokhan Hatipoglu, Peter C. Hrudey
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Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) speakers. A MEMS speaker can include cylindrical corrugated MEMS structure. The cylindrical corrugated MEMS structure may include a contiguous MEMS structure with corrugations that run around an open cylindrical core that is defined, in part, by interior folds of the corrugations. The cylindrical corrugated MEMS structure may be deformed, responsive to an applied voltage, such that a portion of the cylindrical corrugated MEMS structure bends into and/or out of the open cylindrical core to push air out of and/or pull air into the open cylindrical core. In one or more implementations, a MEMS speaker may include an array of cylindrical corrugated MEMS structures.
A speaker, comprising:
A speaker, comprising:
A method of operating a speaker, the method comprising:
An electronic device, comprising:
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