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Convention Paper

Automated Equalization of Mobile Device’s Microphones

Authors: Maziewski, Przemek

AES Convention 138 · Paper 9236 · May 2015

Abstract

To achieve high and uniform audio quality in mobile devices their microphones must be equalized. The equalization is typically done manually, requiring lab time, costly equipment, and experienced engineers. This paper presents an automated equalization procedure. It is done using a reference microphone and an external loudspeaker. Each internal microphone is tuned to match the reference microphone’s response to the excitations generated via the external loudspeaker. Additionally, each internal microphone’s equalization is amended with the inverse equalization characteristic of the reference microphone calculated against the chosen reference, e.g., specific certification requirements. This way the final equalization includes both the internal vs reference microphone delta and the correction required for the reference microphone to pass the chosen certification.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 138
AES Convention
138
Paper number
9236
Publication date
May 6, 2015
Session subject
Recording and Production
Affiliation
Intel Technology Poland, Gdansk, Poland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper