Patent ID: 7221767

Claim:
A silicon condenser microphone, comprising: a transducer element including a silicon based moveable diaphragm and back plate, said moveable diaphragm opposing said back plate; processing circuitry electrically coupled to said transducer element and receiving an input signal from said transducer element, said processing circuitry providing an output signal that corresponds to said input signal from said transducer element; and a carrier having a first surface and a second surface substantially parallel and opposite to said first surface, said first surface including an indentation, said first surface holding said transducer element such that said transducer element is located over said indentation, said second surface including a plurality of contact points, at least one of said contact points being electrically coupled to said processing circuitry and transmitting said output signal from said processing circuitry to an external substrate, said silicon condenser microphone being surface mountable to said external substrate via said contact points.