Hybrid speaker

Abstract

The present invention is related to a hybrid speaker comprising a tweeter and a dynamic woofer, wherein the tweeter has upper and lower coils arranged opposite to each other, an open-type high-tone vibration plate formed with a closed-type center hole at its center and located between the upper and lower coils, and one or more permanent magnets arranged outside the upper and lower coils, and wherein the woofer is coaxially coupled to a lower side of the tweeter so as to let low tone sound generated from a low tone vibration plate of the woofer pass through the hole of the high tone vibration plate of the tweeter.

Claims

1. A hybrid speaker comprising a tweeter and a dynamic woofer, wherein the tweeter has upper and lower coils arranged opposite to each other, an open-type high-tone vibration plate formed with a closed-type center hole at its center and located between the upper and lower coils, and one or more permanent magnets arranged outside the upper and lower coils, and wherein the woofer is coaxially coupled to a lower side of the tweeter so as to let low tone sound generated from a low tone vibration plate of the woofer pass through the hole of the high tone vibration plate of the tweeter.

2. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a porous resister for controlling high tone sound, which is located between the high tone vibration plate of the tweeter and the low tone vibration plate of the woofer.

3. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tweeter and the woofer have a coaxial housing for coaxial coupling by enclosing their frames and a circumferential surface of a basket.

4. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high tone vibration plate of the tweeter is supported by upper and lower damping members and wherein a gap guide is provided for establishing a sufficient space between the upper and lower permanent magnets outside the upper and lower damping members.

5. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high tone vibration plate has a plurality of vibration wings, each of which is formed by cutting an inner periphery of the hole of the high tone vibration plate in a radial direction.

6. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 5, wherein the vibration wings of the high tone vibration plate are formed with adjustment holes.

7. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper and lower coils have an integrated electrode member made of flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), which covers an upper surface of the upper coils, side surfaces of the upper and lower coils and a lower surface of the lower coils, so as to make parallel coupling wherein plus terminals are coupled to each other and minus terminals are coupled to each other.

8. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 7, wherein the integrated electrode member comprises: an upper electrode member covering the upper surface of the upper coils; a lower electrode member covering the lower surface of the lower coils; a connection track connecting the upper and lower electrode members; and an outer electrode terminal member extending from the lower electrode member to form a straight line with the connection track.

9. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 8, wherein the upper coils and the upper permanent magnet are attached to the upper electrode member using double-sided pad and the lower coils and the lower permanent magnet are attached to the lower electrode member using double-sided pad.

10. The hybrid speaker as claimed in claim 7, wherein the outer electrode terminal member of the integrated electrode member is bent to be connected to a substrate for low tone sound of the woofer, so as to separately drive the tweeter and the woofer and collectively drive the tweeter and the woofer at the same time, to thereby obtain effect of multi-way speaker.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a hybrid speaker according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a planar view of FIG. 1.

(3) FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 along a line A-A.

(4) FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, wherein the hybrid speaker of the present invention is exploded to show a tweeter and a woofer.

(5) FIG. 5 is an exploded view showing the tweeter extracted from the hybrid speaker of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 is a planar view and a cross sectional view of a frame applied to the tweeter of the present invention.

(7) FIG. 7 is a planar view and a cross section view of coils applied to the tweeter of the present invention.

(8) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a vibration plate applied to the tweeter of the present invention.

(9) FIG. 9 is a planar view and a bottom view of an integrated electrode member applied to the tweeter of the present invention.

(10) FIGS. 10 and 11 are planar views shows vibration plates of other embodiment applied to the tweeter of the present invention.

(11) FIGS. 12 through 19 are explanatory views showing the assembly process for the tweeter applied to the hybrid speaker of the present invention.

(12) FIG. 20 shows other embodiment of the tweeter applied to the hybrid speaker of the present invention.

(13) FIG. 21 is a cross sectional view and a bottom view showing a hybrid speaker of other embodiment according to the present invention.

(14) FIG. 22 is a graph showing the characteristic of the frequency response of the hybrid speaker according to the present invention compared to the characteristic of the frequency response of the conventional speaker.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(15) Herein-below, the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings of the hybrid speaker according to preferred embodiments of the present invention. Sizes of elements and thicknesses of lines in the drawings might be somewhat exaggerated for the convenience of explanation. Terms and nomenclatures in the specification are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, but they might be changed depending of an operator's intention and custom. Thus, the terms and the nomenclatures should be defined based on the whole contents of the specification.

(16) FIGS. 1-9 are the drawings for showing a hybrid speaker according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(17) As shown in the drawings, the hybrid speaker of the present invention comprises a tweeter T and a dynamic woofer W, wherein said tweeter T has an open-type high tone vibration plate 40 formed with vibration wings 44, together with a closed-type hole 43 at a center and wherein said dynamic woofer W is coaxially coupled to a loser side of the tweeter T, so as to allow low tone sound generated from a low tone vibration plate to pass through a hole 43 formed at a high tone vibration plate 140 of the tweeter T.

(18) A resister 90 for controlling high tone is provided between the high tone vibration plate 40 of the tweeter T and the low tone vibration plate 140 of the woofer W, so as to control fine tone sound, which ranges from middle tone to high tone, generated from the low tone vibration plate 140 of the woofer W. The resister 90 for controlling high tone is provided on a lower electrode member 72 to cover a second member aperture 72b of an integrated electrode member 72. Also, the resister 90 for controlling high tone is preferably made of porous material. For instance, non-woven fabric, micro-perforated material, etc., may be used for the resister 90.

(19) The tweeter T and the woofer W are coaxially coupled to each other by a coaxial housing 100, which wraps a frame 10 and an outer circumference of a basket 120. The coaxial housing 100 has a cap shape, which is the same as that of the frame 100 as described below. The coaxial housing 100 is formed with an aperture for emitting sound at a center of its upper face and is manufactured from non-magnetic material, such as aluminum.

(20) The tweeter T comprises a cap shaped frame 10, upper coils 20 mounted to an upper space in the frame 10, lower coils 30 oppositely arranged under the upper coils 20, the high tone vibration plate 40 arranged between these coils, and upper and lower permanent magnets 50 and 60 arranged outside the coils. The upper and lower coils 20, 30 of the tweeter T are connected to form a circuit, so as to be controlled by means of the integrated electrode member 70. As shown by phantom lines in FIG. 4 and FIG. 20, the integrated electrode member 70 is bent, so that it is connected to a substrate 150 of the woofer W so as to form a circuit.

(21) Since the frame 10 has to form an installation space for receiving the upper and lower coils 20 and 30, the high tone vibration plate 40, the upper and the lower permanent magnets 50 and 60, the integrated electrode member 70, etc., it is preferable for the frame to have the cap shape and to be manufactured from non-magnetic material, such as aluminum. The frame 10 is formed with a sound emission hole 11 at a center of its upper face and with a coil line molding hole 12 at a side. It is also formed with an electrode drawing slot 13 at the other side, in order to prevent a connection track 73 of the integrated electrode member 70 from being exposed and damaged.

(22) Lead lines 21, such as plus and minus lead lines, are drawn at a side of the upper coils 20 and the these lead lines 21 of the upper coils 20 are coupled to a first electrode terminal 71a, which is formed at an upper electrode member 71 of the integrated electrode member 70. The upper coils 20 are assembled within the upper permanent magnet 50 and are installed in the frame 10.

(23) The lower coils 30 are arranged opposite to the upper coils 20 with a spacing there-between, which corresponds to a thickness of the high tone vibration plate 40. The lower coils are installed in the lower permanent magnet 60 within a lower space of the frame 10.

(24) The lower coils 30 have draw lines 31, such as plus (+) and minus () draw lines at a side. The draw lines 31 of the lower coils 30 are coupled to a second electrode terminal 72a, which is formed on a lower electrode member 72 of the integrated electrode member 70.

(25) As mentioned above, the upper permanent magnet 50 is arranged outside the upper coils 20, while the lower permanent magnet 60 is arranged outside the lower coils 30. The permanent magnets are formed to have a washer shape.

(26) Also, the upper coils 20 and the lower coils 30 are wired in such a manner that their lines of magnetic forces are opposed to each other. Accordingly, the high tone vibration plate 40 that is electro-magnetized obtains driving forces from these upper and lower coils 20, 30. The high tone vibration plate 40 vibrates upward and downward in response to plus (+) and minus () signals that are electrically and periodically applied to the upper and lower coils 20, 30.

(27) The high tone vibration plate 40 is directly and tightly installed between the upper and lower coils 20, 30 without any gap, wherein the upper coils 20 are symmetrically and coaxially coupled to the lower coils 30. The high tone vibration plate 40 has a body 41 performing such main function as vibration and an edge 42 provided along an outside. The high tone vibration plate is provided in an open-type, wherein the closed-type hole 43 is punctured at a center of the body 41 and wherein a plurality of vibration wings 44 are formed in a radial direction around the hole 43. The high tone vibration plate 40 is made from ferromagnetic material, such as iron, nickel, silicon and like.

(28) The high tone vibration plate 40 is directly installed between the upper and lower coils and the permanent magnets, all of which have the same sizes and symmetrical arrangements. Accordingly, any space for vibration is not necessary, to thereby achieve a slim shape. Also, the high tone vibration plate is directly driven by the electromagnetic force of the upper and lower coils 20, 30, so that magnetic resistance decreases, while efficiency increases. As a result, since the fast response is attained corresponding to electric signals, it is possible to reproduce very fine sound.

(29) Specifically, the high tone vibration plate 40 vibrates in such a manner that the vibration wings 44 moves in an arch indicated with phantom lines of FIG. 3 based on a circumference (i.e. the phantom line on the vibration plate in FIG. 5) corresponding to inner diameters of the upper and lower coils 20, 30, while its outer periphery is supported by the upper and lower coils 20, 30.

(30) More specifically, since the vibration wings are freely driven in an arch path like a cantilever based on the root of the vibration wings 44 corresponding to the edge 42 adjacent to an outer periphery of the body 41, the vibration wings are electro-magnetized and directly act to the magnetic force of the upper and lower permanent magnets 50 and 60, so that they are driven by itself. When the vibration wings 44 of the high tone vibration plate 40 are freely driven in the arch path, the low tone-sound generated from the vibration wings 44 disappears due to anti-phase resulting from the up-down movement of the vibration wings in the arch path and only the high tone sound is generated and emitted.

(31) The high tone vibration plate 40 is directly and tightly supported by the upper and lower coils 20, 30 and the upper and lower magnets 50, 60 without any gap there-between. Accordingly, the vibration plate 40 becomes a self-driven active vibrator, while it is magnetized by the electromagnet fields that are alternated and interlinked with electric signals in the upper and lower coils 20 and 30. As a result, the vibration plate has very fast response to electric signals, and thus, very fine and detailed reproduction of sound is possible. Also, it is possible to achieve ultra high resolution in a high frequency band ranging from high band to ultra high band.

(32) Although the high tone vibration plate 40, which has the vibration wings 44 extending from the center hole 43 in a radial direction, is illustrated, it is possible to provide a vibration plate only with the center hole 43 of the closed type. In that case, the body 41 around the hole 43 vibrates, while moving up and down in the arch path, based on the circumference corresponding to the inner diameter of the upper and lower coils 20 and 30. Accordingly, the low tone-sound generated from the body 41 of the vibration plate 40 by the hole 43 of the vibration plate 40 disappears due to anti-phase and only the high tone-sound generated by the arch movements of the body 41 of the vibration plate 40 is emitted.

(33) The closed type hole 43 may be provided in various forms, such as an elliptical form, a rectangular form, other than a circular form. As the hole 43 of the high tone vibration plate 40 changes in its size and area, the disappearance zone of low tone sound changes, either. When the hole 43 has a small size and a small area, the disappearance zone of low tone sound is low. When a size and an area of the hole 43 increases, the disappearance zone of low tone sound is gradually extended toward a zone of high tone.

(34) According to the size and the area of the hole 43 formed in the high tone vibration plate 40, the disappearance zone of low tone sound varies. At the same time, the zone of high tone changes, accordingly. Therefore, it is possible to design-change the size and the area of the hole 43 in many ways, and thus, the fine adjustment as well as the enlargement and the diversification for the zone of high tone zone may be advantageously attained.

(35) The plus (+) electrodes of the upper and lower coils are coupled to each other, while the minus electrodes () of the upper and lower coils are coupled to each either. Thus, the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are coupled in parallel by way of an integrated electrode member 70 including a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB).

(36) The integrated electrode member 70 has the upper and lower electrode members 71 and 72 connected through a connection track 73, wherein an outer electrode terminal member 74 extends from a side of the lower electrode member 72 to thereby form a rectilinear line along with the connection track 73.

(37) The upper and lower electrode members 71, 72 are formed to have the same shapes and the same sizes as the planar shapes of the upper and lower coils 20, 30. First and second electrode members 71, 72 are provided with a pair of first electrode terminals 71a and a second electrode terminal 72a, respectively, at their side. The outer electrode terminal member 74 is provided with a pair of third electrode members 74a at its end. The first and second electrode terminals 71a, 72a of the integrated electrode member 70 are respectively coupled by the draw lines of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 and a pair of electrode patterns 75a, 75b, 75c are formed to attain a circuit with the third electrode terminals 71a, 72b.

(38) The upper electrode member 71 is formed with a first member aperture 71b at its center and is formed with a coil guiding track 71c in a U-shape for guiding the draw lines 21 of the upper coils 20 at a side of the first member aperture 71b, wherein the first member aperture is integrated with the coil guiding track. The first electrode terminals 71a are provided about the coil guiding track 71c for soldering the draw lines 21 of the upper coils 20.

(39) The lower electrode member 72 is formed with a second member aperture 72b at its center and is formed with a coil guiding track 72c in a U-shape for guiding the draw lines 31 of the lower coils 30 at a side of the second member aperture 72b, wherein the second member aperture is integrated with the coil guiding track. The second electrode terminals 72a are provided about the coil guiding track 72c for soldering the draw lines 31 of the lower coils 30.

(40) The upper and lower electrode members 71, 72 are formed with connector apertures 76a, 76b for electrically coupling the electrode pattern 75c on the lower surface to the electrode pattern 75b on the upper surface, because the electrode patterns 75a, 75b, which form the plus (+) poles and minus () poles on each surface to attain the circuits, should be electrically coupled to each other.

(41) It is preferable that the integrated electrode member 70 is covered with an insulation sheet on its surface except for each electrode terminal for the purpose of insulation with respect to other parts.

(42) A double sided adhesive pad 80 is a thin pad, which is provided for improving the assembly of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 to the integrated electrode member 70. The double sided adhesive pad 80 has the same planar shape as the assembly of the upper coils 20 and the upper permanent magnet 50 or the assembly of the lower coils 30 and the lower permanent magnet 60. The double sided adhesive pad 80 is formed with a hole 81 at its center and an arch shaped coil guiding part 82 at its circumference, wherein the hole 81 is punctured to have the same size as the inner diameter of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 and wherein the arch shaped coil guiding part 82 is formed not to prevent the drawing lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 from being drawn. Any type might be used as the double sided adhesive pad 80 if it has adhesive forces on either surface. It is preferable to have detachment sheet on either surface.

(43) The woofer W is a dynamic low tone speaker which operates in a moving coil manner and which is suitable for zone of low tone. The woofer W has a basket 120 mounted on an upper and outer side of an empty yoke 110. Within the yoke 110, a permanent magnet 130 for low tone sound and a pole piece 132 are provided. A circumferential edge of a low tone vibration plate 140 is fixed to the basket 120. Within a space of an air gap 134 between the upper end of the yoke 110 and the pole piece 132, a voice coil 142 fixed to the central bottom of the low tone vibration plate 140 is installed to move upward and downward.

(44) The substrate 150 for low tone sound is provided under a bottom of the yoke 110. The voice coil 142 is connected to the substrate 150 for low tone sound for the purpose of being controlled thereby.

(45) The basket 120 is formed with one or more air holes 122. Each air hole 122 may be covered with a porous resister 124 for controlling low tone sound, which controls a low tone resonance frequency.

(46) The operation of the woofer W is the same as that of a conventional moving coil. Briefly, magnetic field lines of alternating current generated from the voice coil 142 interacts with magnetic field lines of direct current induced from the permanent magnet 130 for low tone sound, so that the low tone sound is generated by upward and downward movements of the voice coil 142 and the low tone vibration plate 140.

(47) With regard to the hybrid speaker of the present invention as discussed above, the assembly process for the tweeter T will be described below. First, the upper and lower permanent magnets 20, 30 are arranged on a work table and the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are inserted into the upper and lower permanent magnets 50, 60, respectively, so that the upper and lower magnetic circuits are obtained (See FIG. 2). Here, the draw lines 21 and 31 of the upper and lower coils 20 and 30 are drawn to protrude upward.

(48) As described above, one of the double sided adhesive pads 80 is attached onto the upper permanent magnet 50 of the upper magnetic circuit, while the other of the double sided adhesive pads 80 is attached on the lower permanent magnet 60 of the lower magnetic circuit (See FIG. 13). Here, the draw lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are positioned within the coil guiding part 82 so as to prevent plastic deformation.

(49) Thereafter, the integrated electrode member 70 is attached onto the upper surface of the double sided adhesive pad 80 above the upper and lower coils 20, 30, wherein the upper electrode member 71 is positioned above the upper coils 20 and the lower electrode member 72 is positioned above the lower coils 30 (See FIG. 14). Here, the attachment should be done in such a way that the first and second member apertures 71b, 72b of the upper and lower electrode members 71, 72 are consistent with the inner diameters of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 forming the magnetic circuit. At the same time, the draw lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 should be drawn through the coil guiding tracks 71c, 72c of the upper and lower electrode members 71, 72.

(50) The reason why the upper coils 20 and the upper permanent magnet 50 forming the upper magnetic circuit, and the lower coils 30 and the lower permanent magnet 60 forming the lower magnetic circuit are attached to the integrated electrode member 70 using the double sided adhesive pads 80 is that the unification of parts is possible, and thus, due to such unification of the parts, the assembly process of the high tone vibration plate 40 to the frame 10 is more readily performed and the work efficiency and the productivity may be improved.

(51) As described above, after attaching the integrated electrode member 70 on the upper and lower coils 20, 30, the draw lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are slightly pressed and pushed toward the first and second electrode terminals 71a, 72a arranged at a side of each coil guiding track 71c, 72c using a press roller, so that the draw lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are bent into horizontal state to thereby contact the first and second electrode terminals 71a, 72a at a side of each coil guiding track 71c, 72c (See FIG. 15).

(52) Thereafter, ends of the draw lines 21, 31 of the upper and lower coils 20, 30 are properly cut and soldered so as to be positioned within the first and second electrode terminals 71a, 72a without extending beyond the same.

(53) Then, the frame 10 is set on the work table with the sound emission hole 11 at a downside position and the upper electrode member 71 of the integrated electrode member 70 is inserted into the frame 10. Here, the first electrode terminal 71a of the upper electrode member 71 is positioned at a coil line molding hole 12 of the frame 10. At the same time, the connection track 73 of the integrated electrode member 70 is inserted in the electrode drawing slot 13, so that a temporary assembly is obtained (See FIG. 16).

(54) Afterward, the high tone vibration plate 40 is disposed on the upper coils 20 and the upper permanent magnet 50 as shown in FIG. 17, wherein a temporary assembly is obtained by arranging the upper coils 20 and the center hole 43 of the high tone vibration plate 40 to be concentric, and then bending either end of the connection track 73 of the integrated member 70 by 90 degree, to thereby dispose the lower coils 30 and the lower permanent magnet 60 upon the high tone vibration plate 40 (See FIG. 18).

(55) Here, the upper coils 20 and the upper permanent magnet 50 forming the upper magnetic circuit, the lower coils 30 and the lower permanent magnet 60 forming the lower magnetic circuit and the high tone vibration plate 40 interposed there-between should be disposed to have a concentric arrangement.

(56) Thereafter, the frame 10 is set in a press and a lower end of the frame 10 is formed to bend inward by 90 degree, so that the upper and lower magnetic circuits are fitted within the frame 10, along with the high tone vibration plate 40 (See FIG. 19). Thereby, a speaker dedicated to high tone sound is completed. If necessary, the draw line 21 of the upper coils 20 is molded by filling epoxy resin into the coil line molding hole 12 of the frame 10.

(57) FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the high tone vibration plate applied to the hybrid speaker of the present invention. Here, the high tone vibration plate of an open type is provided by cutting the high tone vibration plate 40 from the hole 43 in radial directions to form a plurality of the vibration wings 44 and puncturing an adjustment hole 45 in every vibration wing 44. The adjustment hole 45 is provided in every vibration wing, but the adjustment holes are selectively formed only in some of the vibration wings.

(58) When the high tone vibration plate of the other embodiment is applied to the hybrid speaker of the present invention described above, the areas of the holes 43 increase due to gaps between the vibration wings 44, and thus, the disappearance zone of low tone sound cannot help moving toward the zone of high tone sound. Thereby, it is possible to properly combine and adjust the diameter of the center hole 43 of the body 41, the gaps between the vibration wings 44, and the adjustment hole 45, according to the frequency of the zone of high tone sound to be obtained.

(59) In other words, the smaller the diameter of the hole 43 and the gaps between the vibration wings 44, the lower the zone of low tone sound. The greater the diameter of the hole 43 and the gaps between the vibration wings 44, the higher the disappearing zone of low tone sound. Accordingly, only the high tone sound could be obtained since the zone of low tone sound moves toward the zone of high tone sound.

(60) In other words, the smaller the gap between the diameter of the hole 43 and the vibration wings 44, the lower the disappearance zone of the low tone sound. The greater the gap between the diameter of the hole 43 and the vibration wings 44, the higher the disappearance zone of low tone sound. Thus, the zone of low tone gets higher.

(61) FIG. 20 shows another embodiment of the tweeter applied to the hybrid speaker of the present invention. Here, the embodiment in FIG. 20 is substantially the same as that described above. Exceptionally, the high tone vibration plate 40 is supported between the upper and lower damping members 55, 56 and the gap guide 58 is provided for establishing sufficient space between the upper and lower permanent magnets 50, 60 outside the upper and lower damping members 55, 56.

(62) As to the tweeter of the hybrid speaker applied to the embodiment described, the upper and lower damping members 55, 56 include non-magnetic materials, such as polymer, synthetic resin, silicon, wherein the modulus of elasticity can be controlled. Thus, the high tone vibration plate 40 may vibrate in an easy way and the damping operation may be carried out in an efficient way. Accordingly, the fine reproduction of the sound is possible and the fidelity in the zone of high tone is improved.

(63) Also, each of the upper and lower damping members 55, 56 has a circular shaper, a semi-circle shape or a concave shape, and thus, a balanced position of the high tone vibration plate 40 and non-adhesive damping coupling of the high tone vibration plate 40 could be efficiently achieved.

(64) FIG. 21 shows other hybrid speaker according to other embodiment of the present invention. Here, the outer electrode terminal member 74 of the integrated electrode member 70 of the tweeter T is bent to reach the substrate 150 for the low tone sound of the woofer W, and the third electrode terminal 74a located at the end of the outer electrode terminal member 74 is connected to the substrate 150 for low tone sound of the woofer W.

(65) With the hybrid speaker of the above described embodiment, the integrated electrode member 70 of the tweeter T is not exposed to outside, to thereby facilitate the installation of the speaker.

(66) FIG. 22 is the graph showing the frequency response characteristics of the speaker according to the present invention compared to the frequency response characteristics of the speaker according to the prior arts.

(67) The characteristics of the conventional electro-magnetic speaker as a single speaker range from about 200 Hz to 10 kHz. However, the dynamic speaker for low tone part has no trouble for achieving a low tone frequency, and the electro-magnetic high resolution speaker dedicated to high tone sound, which reproduces only high frequency while eliminating low frequency by itself, has such characteristic as to finely reproduce a zone of high tone sound extending to a zone of ultrahigh frequency, since the vibration plate has very light mass and moves along an arch path.

(68) As a result, the synthetic characteristics of the hybrid speaker may attain the reproduction of ultra wide band, which ranges from the frequency lower than 80 Hz to the frequency higher than 20 kHz, i.e., the audible limit frequency, wherein the hybrid speakers comprises two coaxial-combined speakers. Since the high tone limit frequency of the dynamic low tone speaker and the low tone limit frequency of the electro-magnetic high resolution speaker are harmonically combined and engaged in a single body, loss and distortion due to non-coaxial state could be minimized. Accordingly, the higher quality sound, which has clearness and significant degree of separation, could be reproduced, and the engagement of the characteristics could be smoothly engaged within a crossover zone wherein the low tone and the high tone overlap.

(69) The process for driving the hybrid speaker according to the present invention will be briefly described below. When the tweeter T of the hybrid speaker according to the present invention is driven, low tone sound disappears due to anti-phase and only high tone sound is generated by means of the vibration wings 44 of the tweeter T in the hybrid speaker of the present invention as described above.

(70) When the woofer W is driven, low tone sound is generated due to the vibration of the low tone vibration plate 140 of the woofer W. Here, with regard to sound ranging from mid-tone to high-tone that is mixed with low tone sound, undulation of the frequency characteristics is alleviated by the resister 90 for controlling high tone, to thereby refine the sound. Thereafter, only low tone sound is generated through the closed-type hole 43 formed in the high tone vibration plate 40 of the tweeter T and through the slot formed between the vibration wings 44.

(71) Of course, the tweeter T and the woofer W are separately driven. At the same time, the tweeter T and the woofer W are collectively driven to thereby obtain such effect as the multi-way speaker.

(72) The present invention has been described herein-above with reference to the specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and the drawings described in the specification. Also, the present invention could be varied by one of ordinary skill in the art within the scope that does not go beyond the technical concept of the present invention. Further, the present invention covers any design matter as long as the operational principle and the arrangement of the parts are consistent with the equivalent concept of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(73) The present invention may be utilized in the field of the hybrid speaker employed in a smart phone, a portable computer, a communication device and an earphone, which requires the enlargement of band from a zone of low tone to a zone of high tone and requires a higher sound quality.