Chapter5Eleid
Souy:mies
AsiedbyCharlesWheatstohemieurelyacousticaldevietalplatesclampedtotheearsbyaspringyrodahofdressmaker’sribbo,onepressedone’sheadagainstthesouonehelpfullysuggestedaboilile)which,withabitofluck,couldbeheardmoreclearly。Tonoone’ssurprisebutWheatstodidn’t。
&oroftoday’sdevices—whivertsouyratherthansimplydiregthemtotheearasWheatstone’sversiondid—wastheie,iedbyDavidHughesinthe1870s。Inthis,athie(thediaphragm)pressesavesselfilledwithgrahroughwhichatispassed,andthepressiveforcealterstheelectricalresistahoughtheirperformanceoor,ieswereusedintelephonesfordecades。
Althoughtherehavebeenmanymiedesigheyears,andseveralspecialisttypesareavailabletoday,onlythreemajoronesarenowinohedynamiovingie,theie,aricmie。
18。Dynamicmie。
Inadynamicmie(Figure18)thediaphragmisattachedtoacoilofwirethatsurroundsastati。Asmallvoltageisiheitmoves,whigivesrisetoaweakt。Thelowvoltagemeansthatthequalityoftherespooopoorformeasurementwork,sodynamiainlytobefoundisandregstudios。
Inaie(Figure19),thediaphragmformsoeofaerlycalledaser,hehename)。Acapacitorisapairofparallelmetalplateswithathiherairorsomeothermaterialwhiotductelectriowrithem。Attaeplatetotheivepoleofabatterychargesitwitheleetalsfreeeledthoseiearerepelledbytheelectricalfieldarisingfrenumberniiveoherepelledelethatplate,toleaveitpositivelycharged。Theacitor,therefore,nowhasavoltage(calledapvoltage)acrossit,andthemieisreadyforuse:thediaphragmplatemovesinandoutwiththepressionsaionsofthesouimpi。Alargeelectricalresistaherapidlyesg,soihesouraernsofvoltageripples。ieshaveafrequenseandareusedasmeasurementmiesinlaboratoriesandinSLMs。Theyalsorespondmorerapidlytosuddensoundsthandodynamicmies。
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Crystalmiesandceramicmiesexploitthepiezoelectriceflewhichquartzorsomeotherematerialproducesavoltagewhenslightlypressed。Mostlaelephohese,asdotreheadsets。
&ypesofmie,ofhistoricalorspeterest,ihefollowing:
&miadeofpermalychargedmaterial(theelectricalequivalentofamagioninasimilarwaytoies。
MEMS(mieicalsystems)miesareiesetcheddiretosilichips。
Justafewsquaremillimetresiheiressandrobustheyareusedinmobilephones,amongmanyotherapplis。
Opticalmiesuseashinysilibraneasadiaphragm,whichreffectsthelightfromalight-emittingdiode(LED)。Aphotodeteeasuresthelightwhenthemembraneisvibratedbysoundwaves,aroniccirvertsthesetoarial。Suchmiesarepadrobustaedbylocaleleagheyareused,forexample,toallowunibetweeaflduringMRIss。
Pressurezonemis)aredesignedforusenearahardreffectivesurface(suplatdireastageffoorisrequired)。Withaie,reffethesurfacewouldihediredstothemie,butaPZMoveresthisbyhavingitsdiaphragmsoclosetothesurfacethatmostwavelengthsoverlap。
Ribbonmiesuseastrip(‘ribboherthanadiaphragm,aheeardrumandmostotherkindsofmie,theyrespondtothepressurediflereheribbon’ssides,whithatvelocitieswithwhichairmolethesoundwavemovearedetected,ratherthansouterns。Suchmiesareoftenusedbyentatorsinns,becauseasoundwhialldireswillimpactbothsidesoftheribbonsimultaneously,sothatitwillnotrespond。Forthisappliieshaveaprojethatisheldtotheupperlip,whichhelpsguidetheentator’svoicesothatitimpingesoheribbononly。Aivefspeeoisyehelavaliermie,whichisasmalleleicmie。Lavaliershavetheadvaheyreadilybederg。
Asouyprobesistsofapairoffaieswhichmeasurethepressuresofdiflerentpartsofthesamesouhesethemolecularvelodhehesouyiscalculated。
Animportantinieisdireality:anidealomionalmieisequallyseosoundfromaion,aocaptureafullsoundsple。Auionalmie,whichpioiononly,isidealfupspeeginnoisyes。
&heribbonmieandsouyprobe,everytypeisnaturallyfairlyomionalinrespthatthewavelengthsofthesouimpiarelargerthanthediaphragm。Iomakeamieseosoundfromimmediatelyinfrontorbehiional),allthatisoallowthebackaswellasthefrootheair。Thediaphragmwillnotmoveverymurespoosoundwavesarrivingfromallarouheriseandfallofpressureatthefrontwouldbeverysimilartothatatthebaywavesihefrontorbaiewillbepickedupreadily。
Asimplewaytoachievedirealityistomountamieatthefocusofareffectorwhosecrossseisaparabola。Thisshapereffetsouhediaphragm,aslongastheyaresmallerthaor。Alternatively,amiebemouheendofatubewithslitsalongitssides,tomakeashotgun(boom)mie。Soundassingstraightdowraveluhemie,butthosefromotherdireterthroughtheslits。Eachsudwilleipleslits,somanyversionsofitwillbeformed,eachwithadiflereheversionswilltherefelyceleachotherhdestruterferegunmiesarewidelyusedfor,oftenapaheyare,hhlyfreque。
&ytosound:loudspeakers
Loudspeakersaremiesinreverse:ifadynamiser,icmieissuppliedwithavaryirodudwaves(suchmiesarethereforereferredtoasreciprosducers)。Mostactualloudspeakersaredynamicmiesinreverse,andarecalledmovingcoillure20)。Asthenameimplies,arialisfedtoacoil(thevoicecoil)attachedtmwhichisusuallyintheformofae。Theagheeleagupinthecoilbythesig,andthediaphragm,tomove。
20。Loudspeaker。