Abstract
The Microflown is a thermal acoustic sensor which does not measure sound pressure but the accompanying particle velocity (see [1-5]). This particle velocity is deduced from a temperature difference between two heated wires. A drawback is the sensor’s lower signal-to-noise (S/N-) ratio at higher frequencies compared to pressure microphones. A method is presented to reduce the noise by utilisation of cross- instead of auto-correlation spectra of two Microflowns. Dependent on the number of data points used, improvements of the signal-to-noise-ratio as high as 30 dB have be attained. The bandwidth in which the sensor’s noise characteristics are comparable to those of current microphones, thus increases from about.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Forum Acusticum Sevilla 2002 |
Subtitle of host publication | 3rd European Congress on Acoustics, XXXIII Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACUSTICA 2002, Europan and Japanese Congress on Acoustis, 3rd Iberian Congress on Acoustics ; Sevilla, Spain, 16 - 20 September 2002 |
Editors | Antonio Calvo-Manzano |
Place of Publication | Sevilla, Spain |
Publisher | Sociedad Española de Acústica |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 84-87985-06-8 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Sep 2002 |
Event | Forum Acusticum Sevilla 2002 - Sevilla, Spain Duration: 16 Sep 2002 → 20 Sep 2002 |
Conference
Conference | Forum Acusticum Sevilla 2002 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Sevilla |
Period | 16/09/02 → 20/09/02 |