Housing influence on multi-band directional MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea

Bauer, R. and Zhang, Y. and Jackson, J. C. and Whitmer, W. M. and Brimijoin, W. O. and Akeroyd, M. and Uttamchandani, D. and Windmill, J. F. C.; (2017) Housing influence on multi-band directional MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea. In: IEEE Sensors, 2016. IEEE, USA. ISBN 978-1-4799-8288-2

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    Abstract

    A new bio-inspired multi-band directional MEMS microphone based on the hearing properties of the fly Ormia ochracea is presented, together with the behavioral influence of 3D-printed housings. The multi-user foundry fabricated microphone operates on four frequency bands, all below 10 kHz and acts as a pressure gradient directional microphone with figure of eight polar pattern, or as an omni-directional microphone depending on the housing. The influence of an open or closed backside housing on the frequency response and directionality is shown, leading to the loss of directionality with no acoustic access to the backside of the fly-ear inspired microphone membrane.

    ORCID iDs

    Bauer, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-9435, Zhang, Y., Jackson, J. C., Whitmer, W. M., Brimijoin, W. O., Akeroyd, M., Uttamchandani, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-4874 and Windmill, J. F. C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-349X;
    • Item type:Book Section
      ID code:57480
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      9 January 2017
      Published
      8 August 2016
      Accepted
      15 June 2016
      Submitted
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      Keywords:MEMS directional microphone, bio-inspired, 3D-printed housing, multi-band sensing, piezoelectric sesnsing, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
      Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
      Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
      Technology and Innovation Centre > Sensors and Asset Management
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:19 Aug 2016 12:30
      Last modified:04 May 2021 01:02
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57480
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