MATCHING AN ACOUSTIC DRIVER TO AN ACOUSTIC LOAD IN AN ACOUSTIC RESONANT SYSTEM

摘要

A method for matching an acoustic load (6) and an acoustic driver (8) in a resonant acoustic system (10), and the acoustic system (10) so formed. The load (6) and driver (8) may be independently designed. The invention provides, inter alia, a matching volume positioned between the acoustic driver (8) and load (6) that is substantially greater than a stroke volume of the driver (8). The matching volume is sized such that, in combination with the moving mass (20), the characteristic stiffness of the acoustic driver (8) and the characteristic load impedance, a resulting pressure wave produces an operating resonant frequency substantially equal to the preferred operating frequency of the load (6). Alternatively, or in addition thereto, a stroke volume of the acoustic driver (8) can be adjusted.