Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital microphone and control method therefor
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Application No.: US15729796Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US10250980B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Ion Opris , Abu Hena M Kamal , Lee Tay Chew , Ramesh Prakash , Shomo Chen , Qiang Wei , Lung-Chu Joseph Chen
- Applicant: Fortemedia, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: FORTEMEDIA, INC.
- Current Assignee: FORTEMEDIA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: H04R3/10
- IPC: H04R3/10 ; H04R19/04 ; H04R3/04 ; H04R19/00 ; B81B7/00 ; B81B7/02 ; H03F3/183 ; H03G3/30

Abstract:
A digital microphone is provided. The digital microphone includes an acoustic sensor, a bias generator, first and second attenuators, a buffer, an amplifier, an ADC, and a controller. The acoustic sensor transfers an acoustic signal to a voltage signal. The bias generator provides a bias voltage to the acoustic sensor. The first attenuator attenuates the voltage signal by a first attenuation value. The buffer buffers the voltage signal to generate a buffered voltage signal. The amplifier amplifies the buffered voltage signal to generate an amplified signal. The ADC converts the amplified signal to a data signal with a digital format. The second attenuator attenuates the data signal by a second attenuation value. The controller determines whether the amplified signal is larger than a reference value and adjusts the bias voltage and the first and second attenuation values of the first and second attenuators according to the result determined by the controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109875A1 DIGITAL MICROPHONE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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