Amrita Uttamchandani Physics Honors, Period 6 Project A-9 Mr. Pagani How a Microphone Works Amrita Uttamchandani Physics Honors, Period 6 Project A-9 Mr. Pagani
Alexander Graham Bell Born March 3, 1847 In 1874, he developed the primitive version of the telephone while working on a multiple telegraph. Other inventions include moveable section of airplane wing, audiometer, induction balance and a primitive phonograph.
Discovery Very first discovered by Alexander Graham Bell in his telephone transmitter; 1876 First Microphone: Diaphragm Needle and metal foil
How Do Microphones Work? Goal: convert real sound waves into electrical audio signals Diaphragm vibrates when sound vibrations hit it. Electrical current forms
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Types CARBON: carbon granules and moveable metallic diaphragm that covers the granules DYNAMIC: thin plastic diaphragm attached to a dense coil of wire that is surrounded by a magnet CONDENSER: capacitor (two thin metallic plates placed close to each other); back-plate and front-plate, or diaphragm CRYSTAL: piezoelectric crystals and diaphragm
Pickup Patterns OMNI-DIRECTIONAL: picks up sounds from all directions UNI-DIRECTIONAL: picks up sound from one direction BI-DIRECTIONAL: picks up patterns from two opposite directions CARDIOD MICROPHONES: heart shaped pickup pattern Proximity effect
Common Uses Tape recorder
Common Uses Hearing aid
The Microphones in a Telephone 3 major parts: dialing mechanism, transmitter, and receiver
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