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RIBBON TWEETER [1 record]

Record 1 2002-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A high-frequency speaker, usually horn loaded, in which a stretched, straight flat ribbon is used instead of a conventional voice coil, [and the] magnetic gap is a straight slit that can be made quite narrow so that a maximum amount of flux is concentrated in it.

OBS

The ribbon serves both as an extremely light driven element and as a diaphragm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Haut-parleur électrodynamique (généralement pourvu d'un pavillon) dont le conducteur mobile a la forme d'un ruban et constitue l'élément rayonnant.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR et reproduits avec son autorisation.

CONT

On utilise parfois une disposition plus particulière, où la membrane et la bobine sont confondues en un seul élément mécanique. Il s'agit des haut-parleurs à ruban (tweeter) [...] Dans [ces] haut-parleurs [...] le conducteur est généralement formé par un film plastique (mylar) métallisé.

Key term(s)
  • haut parleur à ruban

Spanish

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