Audio Transducer Research.

Abstract

Audio transducers based on the piezoresistive and stressed-transistor principles were investigated for possible use in future tactical communications systems. The goal is to develop small (low visibility), light weight, hands-free microphones that can operate satisfactorily in a high noise environment. Although air-pathway noise-cancelling devices are also to be considered, the study focussed on speech pickup through the surface of the head or neck by means of either pressure microphones (using air as a coupling medium) or vibration transducers (using an elastomeric coupling, or more direct contact with the skin). (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777518

Entities

People

  • F. Dixon
  • F. R. Williamson
  • M. E. Sikorski
  • R. A. Newsom

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Couplings
  • Electroacoustic Transducers
  • Environment
  • Microphones
  • Tactical Communications
  • Transducers
  • Transistors
  • Vibration
  • Visibility

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.