Patent ID: 8422715
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
1. A microphone unit comprising: a housing having a first opening and a second opening; and a vibratory diaphragm having a front surface and a rear surface and contained in the housing for detecting sound, wherein sound input through the first opening is guided to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm while sound input through the second opening is guided to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, so as to detect the sound by vibration of the vibratory diaphragm, wherein the microphone unit further comprises time difference generating means for generating a difference in time between sound propagation time from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm and sound propagation time from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm, and wherein the time difference generating means generates a difference in time so as to satisfy the relation 0.76≦D/Δr≦2.0 where D is the difference in time while Δr is distance between the first and second openings, wherein the time difference generating means is formed by a structure with a difference in length between length of a sound propagation path from the first opening to the front surface of the vibratory diaphragm and length of a sound propagation path from the second opening to the rear surface of the vibratory diaphragm.