Wideband Compression Driver Design, Part 1: A Theoretical Approach to Designing Compression Drivers with Non-Rigid Diaphragms

Oclee-Brown J. Wideband Compression Driver Design, Part 1: A Theoretical Approach to Designing Compression Drivers with Non-Rigid Diaphragms. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9386. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17943

@inproceedings{OcleeBrown2015_17943,
  author = {Oclee-Brown, Jack},
  title = {{Wideband Compression Driver Design, Part 1: A Theoretical Approach to Designing Compression Drivers with Non-Rigid Diaphragms}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9386},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17943}
}

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AB  - This paper presents a theoretical approach to designing compression drivers that have non-rigid radiating diaphragms. The presented method is a generalization of the Smith "acoustic mode balancing" approach to compression driver design that also considers the modal behavior of radiating structure. It is shown that, if the mechanical diaphragm modes and acoustical cavity modes meet a certain condition, then the diaphragm non-rigidity is not a factor that limits the linear driver response. A theoretical compression driver design approximately meeting this condition is described and it's performance evaluated, using FEM models.
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