Home  /  By Market  /  Consumer Electronics
Market Focus / Consumer

Consumer Electronics

Let a conventional-looking speaker reproduce both Common and Differential Mode by adding – or separately amplifying – a second mid-driver, with the Differential Mode phase-split across the pair. The most consumer-scalable form of the principle: no exotic enclosure required.

Patent-pending · US 2024/0236612 A1 Granted · US 12,439,207 B2 (exp 2042) Speakers · soundbars · TVs · headphones

The chain, crystallized for the living room

Both fields, from a familiar shape

The distinctive move is a spectral-interlacing crossover that lets two closely spaced drivers carry opposite-phase Differential Mode without cancelling in the air. Because the input is any stereo or multichannel signal and the drivers are conventional, it can be licensed to OEMs as a DSP block plus a design rule.

  1. Two sound generators.

    A midrange/woofer pair spaced 15–30 cm, optionally with a tweeter between them carrying Common Mode only.

  2. Phase-split the Differential Mode.

    A base DM signal from the channel difference is split into +90° / −90° versions; each driver gets Common Mode plus one phase – which is why each needs its own amplifier channel.

  3. Spectral interlacing.

    Complementary interleaved bandpass combs keep the two phase-shifted DM signals from cancelling at low frequencies; DM is omitted in the treble where it adds nothing.

  4. Rotational patch transducer option.

    A granted, long-dated transducer adds Differential Mode emission to an otherwise conventional loudspeaker.

Designed to deliver

  • Improved imaging and more natural, "naturalized" playback
  • Expanded soundstage while preserving imaging
  • Both fields from a familiar, non-exotic cabinet

Why it scales

  • Input is any stereo / multichannel signal – no new format
  • Licensable as a DSP block plus a driver-spacing design rule
  • Soundbars and TVs already use closely spaced, per-driver-amplified midranges

Form factors

  • Hi-fi and bookshelf speakers
  • Soundbars and TVs
  • AV receivers and powered monitors
  • Headphones and earbuds (multi-driver CM/DM)

Licensing angle

  • DSP block: difference, phase split, interlacing combs, per-driver EQ/delay
  • Design rule: driver spacing and a second amplifier channel
  • Per-unit royalty or chip-partner bundling
  • Pitched to existing speaker OEMs, not as a finished speaker

The functions behind this market

Explore the underlying chain.

Patent Foundation

Patent-pending · Two-driver spectral interlacing – US 2024/0236612 A1 Granted · Rotational patch loudspeaker (exp 2042) – US 12,439,207 B2 Granted · Headphones US 10,231,054 B2 · Earphone US 10,524,055 B2