Sound Generators Using Electroactive Elastomer for Multichannel Audio

Sugimoto T, Ono K, Morita Y, Hosoda K, Ishii D, Ando A. Sound Generators Using Electroactive Elastomer for Multichannel Audio. In: AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space. Audio Engineering Society; 2010. Paper 6-2. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15574

@inproceedings{Sugimoto2010_15574,
  author = {Sugimoto, Takehiro and Ono, Kazuho and Morita, Yuichi and Hosoda, Kosuke and Ishii, Daisaku and Ando, Akio},
  title = {{Sound Generators Using Electroactive Elastomer for Multichannel Audio}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space},
  note = {Paper 6-2},
  year = {2010},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15574}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Sound Generators Using Electroactive Elastomer for Multichannel Audio
AU  - Sugimoto, Takehiro
AU  - Ono, Kazuho
AU  - Morita, Yuichi
AU  - Hosoda, Kosuke
AU  - Ishii, Daisaku
AU  - Ando, Akio
T2  - AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space
M1  - Paper 6-2
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15574
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - To develop sound generators suitable for multichannel audio, we studied the transformation efficiency of electroactive elastomer (EAE), which is soft material whose shape can be transformed by applying voltage. From the results of our analysis, we proposed two types of sound generators, both of which are lightweight because they do not use conventional driving parts. The first type is a cylindrical sound generator that radiates sound omnidirectionally in the horizontal plane using the EAE's flexibility. The second type is a push-pull sound generator with a comparatively improved frequency response by more effective use of the transformation of EAE. The obtained acoustic characteristics and future applications are discussed in this paper.
ER  -