Accession Number:

ADD010845

Title:

Microphone Droop and Sensitivity Measurement Device.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Schomer,P. D.
• Hunt,A. B.

Report Date:

1982-08-31

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

A device for measuring microphone sensitivity and droop by subjecting the microphone to a negative step function input and recording the microphone electrical response thereto. The microphone is surrounded by an inflated thin, flexible, expandable membrane. The membrane is ruptured resulting in an instantaneous reduction in air pressure on the microphone. It is this instantaneous reduction in air pressure that constitutes the negative step function input to the microphone. Author

Descriptors:

• *Patents
• *Measuring instruments
• *Transients
• *Microphones
• *Decompression
• Measurement
• Membranes
• Electrical properties
• Sensitivity
• Air pressure
• Reduction
• Functions
• Rupture
• Input
• Response

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE