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Microphones
Publ. 06/02
Operating principle of the Back-Electret Pre-Polarised Condenser
Microphone
Condenser microphones use a variable plate capacitor as an acoustic transducer,
the front electrode being the microphone’s diaphragm. As it moves the capacitance
changes and a voltage proportionate to the acoustic signal is produced.
The electrodes used in electret (pre-polarised) condensers are manufactured from a
special synthetic material known as the ‘electret’. This material has a unique quality,
being able to permanently store an electric charge; the charge is thus ‘frozen’ in the
electret material. It therefore requires no high external polarising voltage and can be
powered by low voltage internal batteries.
In the Sennheiser range of back-electret condenser microphones, only the stationary
back electrode (‘back plate’) is used as the charge carrier. The counter electrode,
manufactured from a gossamer-thin foil (3.5 µm), is made conductive by applying a
thin layer of gold in a vapour-coating process. This ultra-light diaphragm (approx.
100 µg) has a good transient response, high sensitivity at low sound pressure
levels and ensures highly accurate sound reproduction with minimal distortion.
In contrast to dynamic microphones, back-electret condenser microphones can be
very compact. This makes it possible to design ultra-small clip-on lavalier micro-
phones, and to use capsules for shotgun microphones of variable directivity factors.
Powering
The impedance converters and low-noise amplifier circuits used in Sennheiser’s
back-electret condenser microphones are powered by an integral battery, a Sennheiser
radio transmitter, a power supply adaptor, phantom powering (XLR-3), or external
power supply. The following descriptions refer to available product variants.
Description of Models
MKE ... Back-electret condenser microphones can be identified by the inclusion of
the letters MKE in their model number.
...-C Variants delivered without accessories and carrying case or protective
pouch.
...-2R Variants in the -2R range are powered via the SK 2012 pocket radio
transmitter.
...-4 Variants in the -4 range are powered via the SK 50, SK 250, SK 5012 or
SK 3063 pocket radio transmitters.
...-5 Variants in the -5 range normally have open-ended cables.
...-60 Variants in the -60 range and the ME 62...67 range of microphone heads
are powered via the K6 or K6P powering modules.
...-P Variants in the -P range are fitted with a 3-pin XLR connector, which can
be connected directly to phantom powering (DIN IEC 268-15) 12 to 48 V.
COM These microphones are designed for use in conference and communi-
cations situations.
. . . evolution microphones are designed specifically for live stage applications.
Back-Electret Condenser Microphones
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