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          <dc:contributor>Allen, Jont B.</dc:contributor>
          <dc:contributor>Allen, Jont B.</dc:contributor>
          <dc:contributor>Boppart, Stephen A.</dc:contributor>
          <dc:contributor>Franke, Steven J.</dc:contributor>
          <dc:contributor>Oelze, Michael</dc:contributor>
          <dc:creator>Kim, Noori</dc:creator>
          <dc:date>2015-01-21T19:48:17Z</dc:date>
          <dc:date>2015-01-21T19:48:17Z</dc:date>
          <dc:date>2014-12</dc:date>
          <dc:date>2015-01-21</dc:date>
          <dc:date>2014-12</dc:date>
          <dc:description>Loudspeakers, mastoid bone-drivers, hearing-aid receivers, hybrid cars, and more – these
“anti-reciprocal” systems are commonly found in our daily lives. However, the depth of
understanding about the systems has not been well addressed since McMillan in 1946. The
goal of this study is to provide an intuitive and clear understanding of the systems, beginning
from modeling one of the most popular hearing-aid receivers, a balanced armature receiver
(BAR).
Models for acoustic transducers are critical in many acoustic applications. This study
analyzes a widely used commercial hearing-aid receiver, manufactured by Knowles Electronics,
Inc (ED27045). Electromagnetic transducer modeling must consider two key elements:
a semi-inductor and a gyrator. The semi-inductor accounts for electromagnetic eddy currents,
the “skin effect” of a conductor, while the gyrator accounts for the anti-reciprocity
characteristic of Lenz’s law. Aside from the work of Hunt, to our knowledge no publications
have included the gyrator element in their electromagnetic transducer models. The most
prevalent method of transducer modeling evokes the mobility method, an ideal transformer
alternative to a gyrator followed by the dual of the mechanical circuit. The mobility approach
greatly complicates the analysis. The present study proposes a novel, simplified, and
rigorous receiver model. Hunt’s two-port parameters as well as the electrical impedance
Ze(s), acoustic impedance Za(s), and electroacoustic transduction coefficient Ta(s) are calculated
using transmission and impedance matrix methods. The model has been verified
with electrical input impedance, diaphragm velocity in vacuo, and output pressure measurements.
This receiver model is suitable for designing most electromagnetic transducers, and
it can ultimately improve the design of hearing-aid devices by providing a simplified yet
accurate, physically motivated analysis.
As a utilization of this model, we study the motional impedance (Zmot) that was introduced
by Kennelly and Pierce in 1912 and highlighted by many researchers early in the 20th
century. Our goal for this part of the study is to search for the theoretical explanation of
the negative real part (resistance) observed in Zmot in an electromechanical system, as it
breaks the positive-real (PR) property of Brune’s impedance, as well as the conservation of energy law. Specifically, we specify conditions that cause negative resistance in the motional
impedance using simple electromechanical network models. Using Hunt’s two-port system
parameters (a simplified version of an electroacoustic system), Zmot is defined as −TemTme
Zm, where the subscript m stands for mechanic, Tem and Tme are transfer impedances, and Zm is
the mechanical impedance of the system. Based on the simplified electromechanical model
simulation, we demonstrate that Zmot(s) is a minimum-phase function, but does not have
to be a positive-real (PR) function. Any electromechanical network with shunt losses in the
electrical side (including a semi-inductor and a resistor) sees a negative real part in Zmot,
which may arise when there are frequency-dependent real parts. In conclusion, Zmot is not
a PR impedance because of the phase lag.
Several significant topics will be discussed in addition to these two larger issues (modeling
the balanced armature receiver and investigating Zmot). We generalize the gyrator with the
non-ideal gyrator, analogous to the ideal vs. non-ideal transformer cases. This formula is
reinterpreted via electromagnetic fundamentals. This work helps to transparently explain
the anti-reciprocal property embedded in a gyrator. Explaining the matrix composition
method is another contribution, which is characterized by the M¨obius transformation. This
is a significant generalization of the transmission matrix cascading method. Systems where
the quasi-static approximation fails will also be considered (i.e., derivation of Kirchhoff’s
circuit laws from Maxwell’s equations). This leads us to the definition of “wave impedance,”
which is distinct from the traditional Brune impedance, discussed in modern network theory
by Vanderkooy. The Brune impedance is defined by a reflectance that is minimum phase,
which is a significant limitation on this classical form of impedance. The typical example of
a non-Brune impedance is a transmission line. This non-Brune distinction is important, and
we believe it to be a novel topic of research.</dc:description>
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          <dc:language>en</dc:language>
          <dc:rights>Copyright 2014 Noori Kim</dc:rights>
          <dc:subject>anti-reciprocal systems</dc:subject>
          <dc:subject>acoustic transducer models</dc:subject>
          <dc:subject>balanced armature receivers</dc:subject>
          <dc:title>Analysis and measurement of anti-reciprocal systems</dc:title>
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            <department>Electrical &amp; Computer Eng</department>
            <departmentCode>1933</departmentCode>
            <discipline>Electrical &amp; Computer Engr</discipline>
            <disciplineCode>1200</disciplineCode>
            <grantor>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</grantor>
            <level>Dissertation</level>
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            <program>PHD:Electr &amp; Computer Eng-UIUC</program>
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