Patent ID: 8428285

Claim:
A microphone system comprising: a microphone comprising: an electrically conductive microphone case; a printed circuit board that comprises an interior side facing an interior of the electrically conductive microphone case and an exterior side facing outwards; a diaphragm disposed within the electrically conductive microphone case, wherein the diaphragm comprises a diaphragm first face and a diaphragm second face; a rear microphone port disposed in the printed circuit board and that is acoustically coupled to the diaphragm second face; a front microphone port disposed in the electrically conductive microphone case acoustically coupled to the diaphragm first face; and a first microphone boot disposed about the microphone comprising a first boot port acoustically coupled to the front microphone port; and an electrically conductive second microphone boot electrically coupled to the electrically conductive microphone case, wherein the electrically conductive second microphone boot comprises a second boot port acoustically coupled to the rear microphone port.