AIP Handbook of Condenser Microphones (Theory, Calibration, and Measurements)

Contents: 1. Introduction: a short history of the condenser microphone (R.K. Cook). Appendix A. The Western Electric 640AA Capacitance Microphone (M.S. Hawley et al.). 2. Principle of operation (A.J. Zuckerwar). 3. Pressure reciprocity primary calibration. 4. Primary method for free-field calibration. 5. Random-incidence and diffuse- field calibration. 6. Nation laboratory calibration methods. i. Laboratory calibration methods at ETL, Japan (H. Miura). ii. Laboratory microphone calibration methods at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (V. Nedzelnitsky). iii. Primary calibration methods at the National Physical Laboratory, UK (D. Jarvis). 7. Secondary calibration methods. i. Comparison methods for microphone calibration (G.S.K. Wong). ii. High pressure low frequency microphone calibration at CSIRO (B.H. Meldrum). 8. Phase match of microphones (G.S.K. Wong). 9. Microphone selection and use (T.G. Nielsen). 10. Handling, cleaning and storage of microphones (G.S.K. Wong). 11. Microphone data application (G.S.K. Wong).