On the forces in single-ended and push-pull electret transducers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1497-1504

  Mellow, Tim ^a   Kärkkäinen, Leo ^b  

^a Nokia UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); ELECTRETS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROSTATIC LOUDSPEAKERS; LOUDSPEAKERS; MICROPHONES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSDUCERS;

CONCENTRATED LAYER; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTROMECHANICAL FORCES; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCTION; EQUIVALENT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS; EXTERNAL-; NEGATIVE CHARGING; POSITIVE CHARGES; SINGLE-ENDED; STATIC STABILITY; STORED CHARGE; VOLTAGE SENSITIVITY;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 52449090169     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2951601     Document Type: Article

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