Patent ID: 8284966

Claim:
A portable communication device comprising a housing with a sound inlet arranged therein, the portable communication device further comprising a miniature microphone assembly including: a miniature microphone comprising a casing having a sound inlet arranged therein, and an elastic shield comprising an acoustic channel having a sound inlet and a sound outlet, the elastic shield further comprising a hollow portion surrounding at least part of the miniature microphone casing in a manner so that the sound outlet of the acoustic channel is aligned with the sound inlet of the miniature microphone casing, the elastic shield being composed of an electrically conductive material including carbon that is homogenously distributed in the entire elastic shield, wherein the interior of the housing of the portable communication device comprises a carrier substrate with an exposed electrically conducting pattern arranged thereon, wherein a peripheral end contour of the elastic shield forms an electrical connection to the exposed electrically conducting pattern so as to form an electrical connection between the elastic shield and the exposed electrically conducting pattern on the carrier substrate, and wherein the miniature microphone includes a mounting surface with contact pads that are adapted to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board.