Nonlinear Behavioral Model of Capacitive MEMS Microphone for Predicting Ultrasound Intermodulation Distortion

Ultrasound intermodulation distortion (IMD) in microphones occurs when a system's nonlinearity produces sum and difference products from a complex input signal containing two or more frequencies. In some cases, the distortion products can be audible even when the input signal contains only inau...

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Published in:IEEE sensors journal 2025-01, Vol.25 (1), p.236-243
Main Authors: Rahaman, Ashiqur, Boor, Steven, Bradt, Christopher, Lee, Sung B., Albahri, Shehab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic distortion
Acoustics
Electrostatics
Harmonic analysis
Hearing aids
Intermodulation distortion
Intermodulation distortion (IMD)
large signal model (LSM)
micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone
Microelectromechanical systems
Micromechanical devices
Microphones
Nonlinearity
sensitivity
Sensors
Transducers
Voltage
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Summary:Ultrasound intermodulation distortion (IMD) in microphones occurs when a system's nonlinearity produces sum and difference products from a complex input signal containing two or more frequencies. In some cases, the distortion products can be audible even when the input signal contains only inaudible ultrasonic content, such as that from an ultrasonic ceiling occupancy detector. For this reason, it is beneficial for the hearing aid system to have minimum IMD. The main contributor to IMD is the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer because of its nonlinear nature. This article aims to study and investigate how design features affect IMD using a nonlinear behavioral model/large signal model (LSM) of a capacitive MEMS microphone. The model-driven proposed MEMS microphone showed a 15-dB improvement of IMD comparing the base model at 20 kHz while retaining excellent overall acoustic performance.
ISSN:1530-437X
1558-1748
DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2024.3491734