US 12,355,910 B2
Electronic apparatus including microphone module
Minchang Shim, Suwon-si (KR); Heecheul Moon, Suwon-si (KR); Kwonho Son, Suwon-si (KR); Yongseok Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sangmin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Daeyoung Noh, Suwon-si (KR); Sangyoup Seok, Suwon-si (KR); and Yanggyun Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,426.
Application 18/142,426 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000549, filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0003866 (KR), filed on Jan. 12, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0036083 (KR), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269319 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/03 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 1/0274 (2013.01); H04M 1/0277 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/222 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a printed circuit board disposed in the housing;
a microphone substrate disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the printed circuit board;
a microphone disposed on the microphone substrate;
a flash disposed on the microphone substrate;
a cover disposed to at least partially face the microphone substrate in a first direction and configured to form a portion of a surface of the housing, the cover having an opening at least partially aligned with the flash;
a flash window facing the cover, the flash window comprising a first part at least partially accommodated in the opening and at least partially aligned with the flash in the first direction, and a second part extended from the first part and between the cover and the microphone substrate; and
an audio input path configured to propagate a sound wave to the microphone,
wherein the audio input path comprises a space provided between the flash window and the cover, a gap provided between the first part and an inner wall of the opening and fluidly connected to the space, and a microphone hole in the second part and fluidly connected to the microphone and the space.