HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY CONVERTER

摘要

A high frequency energy converter which has application as an acoustic actuator for converting incoming high frequency energy into outgoing harmonized high frequency mechanical (e.g., sound) and electromagnetic waves. The energy converter is adapted to improve the quality of sound heard by a listener by reducing random and spurious harmonics that are introduced by the environment in which the listener is located. The energy converter includes an outer body and a reactive crystalline material (e.g., quartz) lying at the bottom of the outer body that is responsive to the incoming high frequency energy. A dispersion horn is located at the top of the outer body to be seated upon the crystalline material. The dispersion horn has a throat extending therethrough so that both incoming high frequency energy and outgoing high frequency mechanical and electromagnetic waves are transmitted through the throat of the horn in opposite directions.

主权项

1. An acoustic energy converter for reducing interference-producing harmonics in incoming high frequency energy applied thereto, said energy converter comprising:
a body having a chamber at the interior thereof; a crystalline material located within the chamber of said body, said crystalline material resonating in response to the incoming high frequency energy applied to said energy converter and generating outgoing electromagnetic and mechanical waves in which said interference-producing harmonics in the audio frequency range have been reduced; and a dispersion horn located within the chamber of said body above said crystalline material, said dispersion horn having a throat extending therethrough, said throat being aligned with the crystalline material such that the incoming high frequency energy which is applied to said energy converter is transmitted in a first direction to the crystalline material by way of the throat of said dispersion horn, and the outgoing electromagnetic and mechanical waves generated by said crystalline material are transmitted in an opposite direction through the throat of said dispersion horn.