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Acoustic Camera Design with Different Types of MEMS Microphone Arrays

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Abstract

This paper investigates different approaches in designing an acoustic camera with respect to the shape of the camera as well as the number of microphones and their position on the camera. Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphones are used in this research for the purpose of designing an acoustic camera. Several simulations implemented in MATLAB were performed for square MEMS microphone arrays, bearing in mind our primary goal, which is to design a broadband frequency range acoustic camera with MEMS microphones. In addition, a microphone array in the shape of a hemisphere was designed in order to compare all of the obtained results. Results gathered in the simulations have shown that using the square arrays and a hemispherical array enables us to construct four different broadband frequency range acoustic cameras. All of the considered versions of an acoustic camera have a respectable gain in the desired direction (i.e. the gain of the main lobe) and, in addition, a significant attenuation of side lobes. Keeping in mind the aforementioned requirements (i.e. the main lobe gain and attenuation of side lobes) it can be concluded that, from all of the considered designs, the best design is the acoustic camera with 24 MEMS microphone square array.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajese.20190304.14
Published in American Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2019)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Cities – Innovative Approaches

Page(s) 88-93
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Keywords

MEMS Microphones, Beamforming, Microphones Array, Acoustic Camera

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  • Department of Electroacoustics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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  • Department of Electroacoustics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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