This application claims the priority benefit of China Patent Application Number CN202111085449.9, filed on Sep. 16, 2021, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure is related to a speaker, and in particular, a speaker having acoustic metamaterials.
Speakers are devices that convert electronic signals into sound. Specifically, a speaker consists of a case, a magnet, a coil, and a diaphragm. When current is passed through the coil, the coil generates a magnetic field. The magnetic field generated by the coil interacts with the magnetic field of the magnet to make the coil be closer to or away from the magnet. Finally, the coil vibrates the diaphragm to produce sounds during the process that the coil is closer to or away from the magnet. The produced sound may be provided to a user for listening through the resonance of the casing.
For a micro-speaker with a side sound outlet design, the resonance area (also be referred to “front cavity”) formed by the diaphragm and the case generates a sharp acoustic peak and valley, and the high-frequency sensitivity sharp declines. As a result, the user feels extremely uncomfortable after listening to the deviated audio, thereby greatly reducing the user experience.
In order to solve the problems mentioned above, the acoustic curve is generally improved by disposing an additional acoustic cavity or another diaphragm in the speaker. However, the additional acoustic cavity affects other components in the speaker, resulting in a drop of low frequency sensitivity. On the other hand, the structure of the two diaphragms has extremely high requirements on the fineness of the product, and a slight tolerance will lead to a large deviation of the acoustic curve. Therefore, how to improve the user experience without decreasing the sound quality of the speaker and increasing the difficulty of production has become an urgent issue to be solved in the art.
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a speaker, in order to solve the problem that sharp acoustic peaks and valleys appear in the frequency response curve of the current speaker at a specific frequency.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure is implemented as follows.
A speaker is provided, which includes a case component, a vibration plate, a driving component, a first adjustment unit, and a second adjustment unit. The case component has an accommodating space and a sound outlet channel. The accommodating space communicates with the sound outlet channel. The vibration plate is disposed in the accommodating space. The driving component is disposed in the accommodating space and configured to drive the vibration plate to vibrate. The first adjustment unit is disposed in the sound outlet channel, and the first adjustment unit is constituted of acoustic metamaterials. The second adjustment unit is disposed on one side of the vibration plate, and the second adjustment unit is constituted of acoustic metamaterials.
In some embodiments, the first adjustment unit is configured to adjust a frequency response curve of the speaker in a frequency range of 6-10 kHz, and the second adjustment unit is configured to adjust the frequency response curve of the speaker in a frequency range of 2-5 kHz.
In some embodiments, the accommodating space is divided into a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space by the vibrating plate. The second adjustment unit is in the first accommodating space. The driving component is in the second accommodating space. The sound outlet channel has a sound outlet, and one end of the sound outlet channel away from the sound outlet communicates with the first accommodating space.
In some embodiments, the first adjustment unit includes a first body and a second body. The first body has a first side plate and a plurality of first spacer plates, and the plurality of first spacer plates are disposed on the first side plate at intervals. The second body is oppositely disposed on one side of the first body, wherein the second body has a second side plate and a plurality of second spacer plates. The second side plate is disposed on one side of the plurality of first spacer plates away from the first side plate. The plurality of second spacer plates are disposed on the second side plate at intervals. The plurality of second spacer plates and the plurality of first spacer plates are alternately disposed and parallel to each other.
In some embodiments, the first adjustment unit includes a first adjustment inlet and a first adjustment outlet. The first adjustment inlet and the first adjustment outlet respectively are between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first spacer plates and the plurality of second spacer plates. The first adjustment inlet is closer to the first accommodating space, and the first adjustment outlet is closer to the sound outlet.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of first spacer plates is between two adjacent ones of the plurality of second spacer plates.
In some embodiments, the accommodating space is divided into a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space by the vibration plate. The driving component is in the second accommodating space. The case component further has a side space, and the side space communicates with the first accommodating space. The first accommodating space is between the side space and the sound outlet channel, and the second adjustment unit is in the side space.
In some embodiments, the second adjustment unit includes a third body and a fourth body. The third body has a third side plate and a plurality of third spacer plates, and the plurality of third spacer plates are disposed on the third side plate at intervals. The fourth body is oppositely disposed on one side of the fourth body, wherein the fourth body has a fourth side plate and a plurality of fourth spacer plates. The fourth side plate is disposed on one side of the plurality of third spacer plates away from the third side plate. The plurality of fourth spacer plates are disposed on the fourth side plate at intervals. The plurality of third spacer plates and the plurality of fourth spacer plates are alternately disposed and parallel to each other.
In some embodiments, the second adjustment unit includes a second adjustment outlet and a third adjustment outlet. The second adjustment outlet and the third adjustment outlet respectively are between two adjacent ones of the fourth spacer plate and the third spacer plate, and the second adjustment outlet and the third adjustment outlet both face the first accommodating space.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of third spacer plates is between two adjacent ones of the plurality of fourth spacer plates.
The speaker of the present disclosure improves the frequency response curve by the first adjustment unit disposed on the sound outlet channel and the second adjustment unit disposed on one side of the vibration plate. More specifically, the first adjustment unit and the second adjustment unit are respectively constituted of acoustic metamaterials, so the frequency response curve may be effectively improved without taking up too much space. In addition, the speaker's sound quality is not affected and the difficulty of speaker production does not increase by the acoustic metamaterials. As a result, the present disclosure achieves a speaker with an excellent frequency response curve.
The figures described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the present disclosure. The exemplary embodiments and descriptions of the present disclosure are used to illustrate the present disclosure and do not limit the present disclosure, in which:
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with specific embodiments and the figures of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of this disclosure.
The following description is of the best-contemplated mode of carrying out the present disclosure. This description is made for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the present disclosure and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the present disclosure is best determined by reference to the appended claims.
Acoustic metamaterials are artificially fabricated composite structures. With the structure size much smaller than the wavelength of sound waves, acoustic metamaterials have many special properties that natural materials do not have. That is, acoustic metamaterial changes acoustical physical properties thereof by adjusting the size, so as not to be limited by the physical properties of the material (eg, making the refractive index of a certain space greater than 1). Specifically, acoustic metamaterials are made of solid materials with a specific shape, and the rest of the space is filled with air.
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n
eff
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Wherein, neff is the refractive index (eg, the refractive index nair of air is 1), 1 is Px*Py, and c0 is the speed of sound in air (343 m/s). As a result, the dimensions of the acoustic metamaterial may be calculated according to the desired physical properties (eg, a specific refractive index) when designing an acoustic metamaterial.
Based on the principles mentioned above, the present disclosure achieves the effect of improving the response frequency curve by disposing a first adjustment unit 13 and a second adjustment unit 14. From the structure of the speaker 1, the accommodating space 100 of the case component 10 may be divided into a first accommodating space 100a (or may be referred to as a front cavity) and a second accommodating space (or may be referred to as a rear cavity) by the vibration plate 11. Wherein, the second adjustment unit 14 is in the first accommodating space 100a, and the driving component 12 is in the second accommodating space. In addition, the sound outlet channel 101 has a sound outlet 1010, and one end of the sound outlet channel 101 away from the sound outlet 1010 communicates with the first accommodating space 100a. The first adjustment unit 13 is on one end of the sound outlet channel 101 adjacent to the sound outlet 1010. That is, the present disclosure achieves an excellent frequency response curve by disposing the relative positions among the driving component 12, the vibration plate 11, the first adjustment unit 13, and the second adjustment unit 14 as described above.
In some embodiments, the first adjustment unit 13 is configured to adjust the frequency response curve of the speaker 1 in the frequency range of 6 to 10 kHz, and the second adjustment unit 14 is configured to adjust the frequency of the speaker 1 in the frequency range of 2 to 5 kHz. frequency response curve. “Adjustment” herein may be in two cases, one is to decrease the frequency response of the frequency range, and the other is to increase the frequency response of the frequency range. It should be noted that the frequency range mentioned above is only an example. The first adjustment unit 13 and the second adjustment unit 14 of the present disclosure may also be adjusted by changing the dimensions (for example, the thickness w, the unit length Ux and the unit width Uy mentioned above. etc.) to extend the frequency range.
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In some embodiments, the solid material of the first adjustment unit 13 may include a metal, such as aluminum. In some embodiments, the solid material of the first adjustment unit 13 may include plastic, such as polycarbonate. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any material recognized by a person having ordinary skill in the art may be used in the present disclosure.
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In some embodiments, each of the plurality of first spacer plates 1301 is between two adjacent ones of the plurality of second spacer plates 1311. That is, the two outermost spacer plates of the first adjustment unit 13 are the second spacer plates 1311. For example, the number of the plurality of first spacer plates 1301 is four, and the number of the plurality of second spacer plates 1311 is five. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the plurality of first spacer plates 1301 may be two, three, five, or more than five, and the number of the plurality of second spacer plates 1311 may be three, four, six, or more than six. As long as the number of the plurality of second spacer plates 1311 is more than the number of the plurality of first spacer plates 1301 by one.
It should be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the configuration mentioned above, the configuration may be determined according to the actual situation. For example, in other embodiments, the number of the plurality of first spacer plates 1301 may be the same as the number of the plurality of second spacer plates 1311. That is, the first adjustment unit 13 is composed of first body 130 and second body 131 symmetrical to each other, and the two outermost spacer plates of the first adjustment unit 13 respectively are the first spacer plate 1301 and the second spacer plate 1311.
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In some embodiments, the first adjustment unit 13 includes a first adjustment inlet 132 and a first adjustment outlet 133. The first adjustment inlet 132 and the first adjustment outlet 133 respectively are between adjacent first spacer plates 1301 and second spacer plates 1311. The first adjustment inlet 132 is close to the first accommodating space 100a, and the first adjustment outlet 133 is close to the sound outlet 1010. That is, the sound emitted by the vibration plate 11 enters the first adjustment unit 13 through the first adjustment inlet 132 and exits the first adjustment unit 13 through the first adjustment outlet 133 after being interfered.
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In some embodiments, the case component 10 may also have a side space 100b. The side space 100b communicates with the first accommodating space 100a. For example, there may be a plate with a channel between the side space 100b and the first accommodating space 100a, and the side space 100b communicates with the first accommodating space 100a via the channel. The first accommodating space 100a is between the side space 100b and the sound outlet channel 101. For example, the side space 100b is at a side of the first accommodating space 100a, and the sound outlet channel 101 is at an opposite side of the first accommodating space 100a. In this case, the second adjustment unit 14 may not be disposed in the first accommodating space 100a but in the side space 100b. That is, the case component 10 may be designed with a dedicated accommodating area corresponding to the second adjustment unit 14 to better accommodate the second adjustment unit 14. Compared with the disposing method mentioned above, the present embodiment provides an implementation aspect with the disposing position slightly offset but with the same effect. It should be noted that, in some cases, the side space 100b may also be regarded as a part of the first accommodating space 100a (because they communicate with each other). In such cases, the second adjustment unit 14 may be disposed in the side space 100b of the first accommodating space 100a. Therefore, the implementation aspects herein are only to explain the present disclosure from different aspects, not to limit the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the solid material of the second adjustment unit 14 may include a metal, such as aluminum. In some embodiments, the solid material of the second adjustment unit 14 may include a plastic, such as polycarbonate. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any material recognized by a person having ordinary skill in the art may be used in the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of third spacer plates 1401 is between two adjacent ones of the plurality of fourth spacer plates 1411. Similar to the configuration of the first adjustment unit 13, the two outermost spacer plates of the second adjustment unit 14 are fourth spacer plates 1411. In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of third spacer plates 1401 is three, and the number of the plurality of fourth spacer plates 1411 is four. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the plurality of third spacer plates 1401 may be two, four, five, or more than five, and the number of the plurality of fourth spacer plates 1411 may be three, five, six, or more than six. As long as the number of the plurality of fourth spacer plates 1411 is more than the number of the plurality of third spacer plates 1401 by one. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the configuration mentioned above, and the configuration may be determined according to actual situations. For a detailed description, please refer to the first adjustment unit 13. The description is omitted herein.
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In some embodiments, the second adjustment unit 14 includes a second adjustment outlet 142 and a third adjustment outlet 143. The second adjustment outlet 142 and the third adjustment outlet 143 respectively are between adjacent third spacer plates 1401 and fourth spacer plates 1411. The second adjustment outlet 142 and third adjustment outlet 143 both face the first accommodating space 100a. That is, the sound emitted by the vibration plate 11 may enter the second adjustment unit 14 through the second adjustment outlet 142, and exits the second adjustment unit 14 through the third adjustment outlet 143 after being interfered. Alternatively, the sound emitted by the vibration plate 11 may enter the second adjustment unit 14 through the third adjustment outlet 143, and exits the second adjustment unit 14 through the second adjustment outlet 142 after being interfered.
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In some embodiments, the case component 10 may include a case 102 and a top cover 103. The case 102 has an accommodating space 100 therein. The top cover 103 is disposed on the case 102 and covers the accommodating space 100 of the case 102 and the components located in the accommodating space 100.
In summary, the speaker of the present disclosure improves the frequency response curve by the first adjustment unit disposed on the sound outlet channel and the second adjustment unit disposed on one side of the vibration plate. More specifically, the first adjustment unit and the second adjustment unit are respectively constituted of acoustic metamaterialss, so the frequency response curve may be effectively improved without taking up too much space. In addition, the speaker's sound quality is not affected and the difficulty of speaker production does not increase by the acoustic metamaterials. As a result, the present disclosure achieves a speaker with an excellent frequency response curve.
Although the present disclosure has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it does not intend to limit the present disclosure. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art having regard to this present disclosure that other modifications of the exemplary embodiments beyond those embodiments specifically described here may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, such modifications are considered within the scope of the invention as limited solely by the appended claims.
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202111085449.9 | Sep 2021 | CN | national |