This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0170324 filed on Dec. 19, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention relates to a hybrid acoustic apparatus including a rectangular microspeaker. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hybrid acoustic apparatus including a rectangular microspeaker that can implement the maximization of an effective area through a rectangular design in order to overcome the limited effective vibration area of a circular microspeaker.
Generally, microspeakers, such as earphones, are widely used for converting electrical signals into acoustic signals in portable electronic devices such as smartphones, portable communication terminals, notebook computers, MP3 players, etc.
As shown in
Unlike the earphone of
The inventors of the present invention have developed a microspeaker having a completely new structure that discharges vibration sound to a side rather than a top with respect to a diaphragm, unlike the conventional microspeakers. Furthermore, in order to secure the performance of this microspeaker, it has been recognized that a rectangular microspeaker is an optimal design to maximize an effective vibration area.
Furthermore, the inventors of the present invention have developed a rectangular acoustic apparatus including a microspeaker. This acoustic apparatus may be implemented by various combinations and forms. This acoustic apparatus may further include a speaker, a BA (balanced armature), or a microphone.
An object of the present invention is to provide a rectangular microspeaker which can implement the maximization of an effective area through a rectangular design in order to overcome the limited effective vibration area of a circular microspeaker.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a hybrid acoustic apparatus that can divide a frequency band and thus produce a distinctive tone through the combination of a rectangular microspeaker and another acoustic device integrated with the rectangular microspeaker.
In order to accomplish at least one of the above objects, the present invention provides a hybrid acoustic apparatus including: a rectangular microspeaker used as a first acoustic device; and a second acoustic device integrated with the microspeaker; wherein the microspeaker includes a plate configured to constitute a part of a magnetic field part, a magnet configured to be disposed beneath the plate, a diaphragm configured to be disposed on the plate, and a frame configured to accommodate the diaphragm, the plate, and the magnet, and wherein a path of vibration sound generated by the diaphragm is formed to be perpendicular to a direction in which the diaphragm vibrates so that the vibration sound is discharged through a side surface of the diaphragm.
The second acoustic device may be any one of another microspeaker, a balanced armature (BA), and a microphone disposed above or below the microspeaker to discharge the vibration sound through the same side surface as the microspeaker.
The acoustic apparatus may be a vertically vibrating hybrid speaker, the microspeaker may be an upper microspeaker, and the other microspeaker may be a lower microspeaker.
The acoustic apparatus may be a hybrid acoustic apparatus including a microspeaker and a BA, the communication between the microspeaker and the BA may be blocked by a plug that passes between the microspeaker and the BA, and the sound wave of the BA may flow through a BA sound discharge opening toward a sound discharge opening, the vibration sound of the microspeaker may flow through the space between the diaphragm and the plug toward the sound discharge opening, and the sound wave and the vibration sound may be independently discharged through the side surface.
The acoustic apparatus may be a hybrid acoustic apparatus including a microspeaker and a microphone, an upper frame configured to accommodate the microphone may also function as the grill of the microspeaker, and parallel paths may be formed above and below the grill and communicate with the sound discharge opening.
The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Individual embodiments according to the present invention are merely examples that help an understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. The present invention includes the combination of at least any one or more of individual elements and functions included in the individual embodiments.
A hybrid acoustic apparatus according to the present invention includes a first sound device and a second sound device. Typically, the first sound device is a rectangular microspeaker.
<Rectangular Microspeaker Structure>
First, a rectangular microspeaker 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to these drawings together, the microspeaker 1 includes a diaphragm 2, a support ring 4 disposed along the lower edge of the diaphragm 2, and a plate 6 and magnet 8 disposed under the support ring 4. A yoke 10 is disposed in a space between the plate 6 and the magnet 8, and the lower portion of the yoke 10 protrudes toward the magnet 8 and provides a wide space S1, as shown in
Although an F-type speaker in which the magnet 8 is disposed outside the yoke 10 has been described in the illustrated example, the present invention is applied to both a P-type speaker in which a magnet 8 is disposed inside the yoke 10 and a composite-type speaker.
In the present invention, the vibration generated by the diaphragm 2 is discharged to the outside through the sound discharge opening O opened through the side. In other words, the vibration direction of the diaphragm 2 itself and the traveling direction of an effective sound wave are perpendicular to each other. Although the sound discharge opening O may be made as a rectangle or oval slot, it may be variously modified to ensure excellent sound quality.
The sound discharge opening O may be formed in the frame F, other than the grille G. Furthermore, the sound discharge opening O may transfer the vibration sound of the top surface of the diaphragm 2, but may also emit the vibration sound of the bottom surface of the diaphragm 2 through the side surface.
According to the present invention, it can be understood that the parts accommodated in the grille G and the frame F do not need to be fabricated in a circular shape as before. As shown in
The advantages of the present invention having the configuration of the rectangular microspeaker 1 will be described with reference to
In general, when the area of a circle having a diameter r and the area of a square having each side length r are compared with each other, as shown in
According to the experimental results of the inventors, as a result of comparing a circular microspeaker having a diameter of 6 mm and the rectangular microspeaker 1 having the same volume as the former microspeaker, the effective vibration area of the diaphragm 2 was increased by about 29%. Furthermore, as shown in
The circular microspeaker can increase an internal volume by reducing the size of a magnetic field part composed of the yoke, the magnet and the plate, but the loss of magnetic flux density is large. In contrast, the rectangular microspeaker 1 may maximize an internal space volume while maintaining a stable magnetic flux density.
More specifically, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
According to the present invention, by adopting the rectangular microspeaker 1, there can be achieved the advantages of increasing an effective vibration area and expanding an internal space without loss of magnetic flux density.
Moreover, when the advantages of the rectangular microspeaker 1 are utilized, it is also possible to dispose the sound discharge opening in the front surface of a frame in a direction identical to the vibration direction of the diaphragm.
Various modifications may be made to the present invention within the scope of the above-described technical spirit. These embodiments are disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0096290 (filed on Aug. 7, 2019) of the present applicant.
In an embodiment of the present invention, there will be described a hybrid acoustic apparatus 100 into which the rectangular microspeaker 1 and the second acoustic device are assembled. The microspeaker 1 may be obtained by appropriately modifying any one of the embodiments disclosed in the above-described Korean patent application of the present applicant as well as the above-described embodiment.
<Vertically Vibrating Hybrid Speaker>
The yoke 10 includes a U-shaped lower portion 10a, an extended portion 10b horizontally extended outward from the lower portion 10a, and an upper portion 10c extended outward from the extended portion to have an inverted L sectional shape. The lower portion 10a accommodates a first magnet 8a in the center thereof, and a second magnet 8b is located beneath the bottom surface of the upper portion 10c.
As shown in the drawing, the upper diaphragm 2A and the upper coil C1 are located under the cap 102 of the frame F, and an upper support ring 4A and a drum safety filter (DSF) are disposed beneath the bottom surface of the outer edge of the upper diaphragm 2A. An upper plate 6A is disposed on the first magnet 8a inside the upper coil C1 at substantially the same height as the upper portion 10c.
The lower diaphragm 2B and the lower coil C2 are located on the bottom surface of the frame F upward, and a lower support ring 4B is disposed on the top surface of the outer edge lower diaphragm 2B. A lower plate 6B is disposed around the lower coil C2 beneath the second magnet 8b.
An upper sound discharge opening OA is formed in the side surface of the frame F, and communicates with a space formed above the second magnet 8b. A lower sound discharge opening OB is also formed in the side surface of the frame F, and communicates with a space formed below the second magnet 8b. When a driver is operated, the vibration sound of the upper diaphragm 2A is discharged through the upper sound discharge opening OA via a space above the second magnet 8b, and the vibration sound of the lower diaphragm 2B is discharged through the lower sound discharge opening OB via a space below the second magnet 8b.
Accordingly, according to an embodiment of the present invention, each of the diaphragms divides and reproduces a frequency band by using the acoustic apparatus in which the sound discharge openings are formed in the side surface thereof as a rectangular hybrid acoustic apparatus, thereby producing a stereophonic, distinctive tone.
A plug P0 is disposed in an area where the frame F is exposed across the center portion of the acoustic apparatus 100. The plug P0 includes a side surface P10, a barrier P20 formed to extend long from the center of the side surface P10 to the other side, and an auxiliary side surface P30 formed to extend from an end of the barrier P20 in an integrated manner. In other words, the appearance of the acoustic apparatus 100 is a composite structure of a frame F and the plug P0. First and second sound discharge openings P1 and P2 are formed in such a manner that portions above and below the barrier P20 are opened in the center portion of the side surface P10. A printed circuit board (PCB; not shown) is attached to the back of the auxiliary side surface P30.
As shown in the drawings, the upper structure of the vertically vibrating hybrid speaker is configured in such a manner that the upper diaphragm 2A and the upper coil C1 are disposed upward and the upper support ring 4A, the upper plate 6A and an upper magnet 8A are located around the outer surface of an upper yoke 10A, based on the barrier P20. The space between the barrier P20 and the upper diaphragm 2A relatively forms a space without bending or deformation, and the vibration sound of the upper diaphragm 2A is discharged directly through the first sound discharge opening P1 via the above space. In the same manner, the space between the barrier P20 and the lower diaphragm 2B relatively forms a linear space without bending or deformation, and the vibration sound of the lower diaphragm 2B is discharged through the second sound discharge opening P2 via the above space. In other words, the vibration sound of the diaphragm may be viewed as being discharged to a side surface along the shortest distance.
Accordingly, according to the present embodiment of the present invention, the acoustic apparatus provides the effect of being able to reproducing a clearer enhanced tone in addition to the above-described effects.
A plug P0 does block the upper and lower structures from each other, and function to assemble the upper and lower structures. A first horizontal film 100A disposed below an upper diaphragm 2A also functions as a part of a housing, and closes the upper structure. The vibration sound of the upper diaphragm 2A flows toward the sound discharge opening O of the plug P0 through an opening form in the first horizontal film 100A. A second horizontal film 100B is disposed above a lower diaphragm 2B instead of the barrier P20 across the plug P0. Although the right side of the second horizontal film 100B closes a space, a part of the left side thereof is cut out. The vibration sound of the lower diaphragm 2B passes through the cutout portion, and flows toward the sound discharge opening O of the plug P0. In other words, the vibration sounds of the upper and lower diaphragms 2A and 2B are simultaneously transferred through the single sound discharge opening O formed in a side surface of the frame F.
Accordingly, according to the present embodiment of the present invention, the acoustic apparatus provides the effect of being able to fabricate a rectangular hybrid speaker structure in a more compact form in addition to the above-described effects.
<Acoustic Apparatus Including the Combination of a Balanced Armature and a Speaker>
A hybrid acoustic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is formed by combining a microspeaker 1 and a balanced armature (BA) 100F, i.e., a second acoustic device, will be described below. It is advantageous that the BA may be integrated with the rectangular microspeaker 1 of the present invention because the BA generally has a long parallelepiped shape and a sound discharge opening is formed in a long lateral side surface, as are well known.
As is well known, the BA 100F includes a BA diaphragm 102D, an armature 110D, a BA magnet 108D, a BA coil 116D, and a driving pin 118D, and the appearance of the BA 100F is surrounded by a case. A BA sound discharge opening Of is formed in the lower portion of a side of the case. When current flows to the BA coil 116D, the armature 110D vibrates. As the BA diaphragm 102D vibrates vertically via the driving pin 118D vertically disposed at an end of the armature 110D, a spatial volume between the BA diaphragm 102D and the case bottom surface is changed, and this change is discharged to the outside through the BA sound discharge opening Of in the form of a vibration sound. Since the microspeaker 1 has the same structure as the above-described microspeaker, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The communication between the microspeaker 1 and the BA 100F is blocked by a plug P0 that passes between the two components. Accordingly, the sound wave of the BA 100F flows through the BA sound discharge opening Of toward the sound discharge opening O, the vibration sound of the microspeaker 1 flows through the space between the diaphragm 2 and the plug P0 toward the sound discharge opening O, and the sound wave and the vibration sound are independently discharged to a side surface.
<Hybrid Acoustic Apparatus Including Microspeaker and Microphone>
An upper frame F′ configured to accommodate the microphone 100M is designed to also function as a grill G. In other words, the grill G is a part of the configuration of the upper frame F′. Parallel paths are formed above and below the grill G, and communicate with the sound discharge openings O, respectively. An advantage of the embodiment of
The present invention adopts the rectangular microspeaker, and provides the effects of increasing an effective vibration area and expanding an internal space without the loss of magnetic flux density.
Furthermore, the present invention provides the effect of dividing a frequency band and thus reproducing more stereophonic and livelier sound through the combination of a rectangular microspeaker and another acoustic device integrated with the rectangular microspeaker.
Although the present invention has been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, but various modifications and alterations may be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains.
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