Micro-speaker device
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorChristian Bretthauer
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AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorChristian Bretthauer
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A speaker device comprises a housing having an acoustic aperture, a transducer element in the housing configured to receive a first actuation signal and to generate an acoustic output signal. The speaker device comprises a shutter element in the housing configured to receive a second actuation signal and arranged laterally offset to the transducer in the housing. The shutter element is arranged in an acoustic path between the transducer element and the acoustic aperture and comprises a shutter portion movable in opposite directions in response to the second actuation signal. A controller provides the first actuation signal to the transducer element, while the first actuation signal has an ultrasonic signal component modulated with an audio signal component. The controller provides the second actuation signal to the shutter element that has half the frequency of the ultrasonic signal component.
A speaker device comprising:
A multi-way speaker device comprising:
A method of using a speaker device comprising a housing having an acoustic aperture, a transducer element in the housing configured to receive a first actuation signal and to generate an acoustic output signal in response to the first actuation signal, a shutter element in the housing configured to receive a second actuation signal, wherein the shutter element is arranged laterally offset to the transducer element in the housing, wherein the shutter element is arranged in an acoustic path between the transducer element and the acoustic aperture and comprises a movable shutter portion, which is movable in opposite directions in response to the second actuation signal and which comprises a disc element that is tiltable around a tilting axis, and a controller configured to provide the first actuation signal to the transducer element and to provide the second actuation signal to the shutter element, wherein the first actuation signal has an ultrasonic signal component which is modulated with an audio signal component, and wherein the second actuation signal has a second frequency that is half of a first frequency of the ultrasonic signal component, the method comprising:
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