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Modeling Nonlinearity of Air with Volterra Kernels for Use in a Parametric Array Loudspeaker

Authors: Lee, Kelvin Chee-Mun; Yang, Jun; Gan, Woon Seng; Er, Meng-Hwa

AES Convention 112 · Paper 5635 · April 2002

Abstract

The use of a parametric array in air as a directional audio loudspeaker has been reported in previous literature and the self-demodulation phenomenon is well-understood to seriously distort the generated audible sound as a result of inter-modulation distortion. We propose to model the nonlinear interaction in air using a second-order Volterra kernel at the Rayleigh distance within which sound intensity and parametric conversion efficiency are assumed to be high. Results first obtained from Burgers' equation-based numerical simulations and actual measurements are then used in the nonlinear system identification process.

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Published in
AES Convention 112
AES Convention
112
Paper number
5635
Publication date
April 6, 2002
Session subject
Signal Processing Forum
Affiliation
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, School of EEE,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper