Patent ID: 8509459

Claim:
A noise canceling microphone system comprising: a noise canceling microphone comprising: a housing can; a printed circuit board that comprises an interior side facing an interior of the housing can and an exterior side facing outwards; a first electrical terminal disposed on the exterior side of the printed circuit board; a second electrical terminal disposed on the exterior side of the printed circuit board; a diaphragm disposed within the housing can, wherein the diaphragm comprises a diaphragm first face and a diaphragm second face; a first microphone port disposed in the housing can acoustically coupled to the diaphragm first face; and a second microphone port disposed in the housing can acoustically coupled to the diaphragm second face; and a microphone boot disposed about the noise canceling microphone comprising: a first boot port acoustically coupled to the first microphone port; and a second boot port acoustically coupled to the second microphone port, wherein the first boot port, the second boot port, the first microphone port and the second microphone port are on the same side of a plane defined by the printed circuit board; and wherein the first electrical terminal and the second electrical terminal are located outside the first boot port and outside the second boot port.