Electromagnetic films as lightweight actuators for active noise reduction

Delf Sachau; Thomas Kletschkowski

doi:10.1117/12.658423

15 March 2006 Electromagnetic films as lightweight actuators for active noise reduction

Delf Sachau, Thomas Kletschkowski

Proceedings Volume 6169, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Damping and Isolation; 616903 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658423
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The increasing industrialization and markets across the globe do result in noise pollution that affects humans. In order to reduce the sound pressure level (SPL) of disturbing noise active noise control (also known as noise cancellation, active noise reduction (ANR) or anti-noise) is a good option. Herewith unwanted noise from a primary sound source can be reduced significantly by anti-noise generated from a secondary source: At present commercial active noise reduction systems are using moving-coil loudspeakers as actuators. These actuators need a quite large built-in volume and they are not lightweight. Therefore the industrial application of ANR in vehicles is limited. To reduce these difficulties the use of flat loudspeakers made of electromagnetic films seems to be a promising approach. It is a precondition for the use of such new technologies within an ANR- system to have a basic understanding of the dynamic systems behaviour and the sound transmission behaviour of such a lightweight active component: This paper describes the investigation of a flat panel speaker which is based on electrostatic loudspeaker technology. First of all the passive transmission properties have been measured in a test bed. The passive acoustic insulation has been analyzed and weak spots in the frequency response were discovered. Afterwards the flat panel speaker has been used as actuator in an ANR-System to support insulation at those frequencies. An adaptive filter (FxLMS) was adjusted to the panel and the reduction capabilities of a single-output system have been determined.

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Delf Sachau and Thomas Kletschkowski "Electromagnetic films as lightweight actuators for active noise reduction", Proc. SPIE 6169, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Damping and Isolation, 616903 (15 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658423

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