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Microphone Sensors for In-Vehicle Applications

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Mian Ahmed Jehanzeb Anwer Noorpuri at Chemnitz University of Technology
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This document illustrates the fundamental physics working principle, construction of Microphone Sensors those are extensively used in the different stages of automotive manufacturing industry and also for the in vehicle applications. In this paper the all necessary information regarding Microphone sensor, like signal conditioning, hardware interfacing and Array signal processing will be explained, which are required to complete understanding of its application.
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