A silicon microspeaker for hearing instruments

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 859-866

  Cheng, Ming Cheng ^a   Huang, Wen Sheh ^a   Huang, Star Ruey Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ACTUATORS; AUDITION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; POLYIMIDES; PRESSURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VOCODERS;

HEARING INSTRUMENTS; LOOP VOICE COIL; SILICON MICROSPEAKER; SOUND GENERATING PLATE;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 3142664530     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/14/7/004     Document Type: Article

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