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Method of making a variable capacitor microphone

CA 2017185 C · Owner: Cote, Paul L. · Inventors: Sallavanti, Robert A.; Cote, Paul L.

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A method of making a variable capacitor microphone in which the fixed capacitor element is formed by first coating the metallized surface of a relatively rigid insulating substrate with a polarizable dielectric material and then placing the substrate on one of a pair of spaced electrodes positioned in an ionizable gas and subjecting the gas to the action of alpha rays to produce ions in the space between the electrodes while applying a potential across the electrodes to cause ions to migrate toward the dielectric material to polarize the same to form an electret. After the fixed capacitor element has thus been formed it is mounted, in spaced relationship to a flexible diaphragm to form a …

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  • Filed May 18, 1990 and granted September 21, 1993. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 2010.
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FiledMay 18, 1990
GrantedSeptember 21, 1993
Term endedMay 18, 2010
Patent numberCA 2017185 C
Classification (IPC)H04R19/01 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 18, 1990Patent grantedSep 21, 1993Term endedMay 18, 2010

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