Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 36, Issue: 6, June 1941)

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General and Design Considerations of Low Noise Microphones

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPE
Volume: 36, No. 6, pp. 649–665
Abstract: The physical and physiological side of the problem of thermal agitation noise in microphones is reviewed, in connection with a recently proposed noise rating. Following this, different microphone types are discussed and compared with regard to their noise performance, and to possibilities and inherent limitations of noise reduction. Multiple piezoelectric microphones which lend themselves particularly well to the design of quiet units are treated in more detail. The design principles of the associated tube circuits for full realization of the inherent efficiency or noise performance of microphones are discussed. Application is made to the design of minimum-noise combinations of different microphone types; some performance data are given of an experimental unidirectional model composed of piezoelectric elements and a ribbon.
Publication Date: 1941-06-01
DOI: 10.5594/J09982
ISSN: Print: 0097-5834
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J09982
Author(s): A. L. Williams
H. G. BaerwaldThe Brush Development Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Copyright: © 1941 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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