Electrostatic graphene speaker

Zhou, Qing; Zettl, Alexander K.

Electrostatic graphene speaker

Patent · 15 February 2022

OSTI ID:1892628

Zhou, Qing; Zettl, Alexander K.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and device associated with an electrostatically driven graphene speaker. In one aspect, the device includes a graphene membrane having a diameter of about 3 millimeters to about 11 millimeters, and a first electrode proximate a first side of the graphene membrane, the first electrode being electrically conductive. The device is a microphone or a loudspeaker.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Office of Naval Research (ONR)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 11,252,512

Application Number:: 16/993,882

OSTI ID:: 1892628

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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