Patent ID: 11968487
Assignee: KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A microphone assembly comprising:
a form-factor adapter housing including an interface opening and an outer acoustic port;
an internal microphone assembly disposed at least partially within the form-factor adapter housing, the internal microphone assembly including:
an internal housing having:
a base;
an internal housing cover mounted on the base; and
an internal acoustic port;

a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motor disposed in the internal housing;
an integrated circuit disposed in the internal housing, the integrated circuit electrically coupled to the MEMS motor; and
a plurality of electrical interface contacts disposed on the base, the plurality of electrical interface contacts electrically coupled to the integrated circuit; and

an adapter interface located at the interface opening and comprising a plurality of external host device interface contacts electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical interface contacts, the plurality of external host device interface contacts exposed to an exterior of the microphone assembly,
wherein the MEMS motor is acoustically coupled to the outer acoustic port via a sound path between the form-factor adapter housing, the internal housing, and the internal acoustic port.