The use of boron as the diaphragm material for a high-frequency dome loudspeaker is discussed. To form the diaphragm, a thin film of boron is prepared on a titanium substrate by physical vapor deposition. Details are given of the diaphragm growing method and the performance of the completed dome tweeter.

Authors: Ishiwatari, Keizo; Sakamoto, Naraji; Kawabata, Hidetsugu; Takeuchi, Hiroshi; Shimizu, Toshio
Affiliation: Acoustic Research Laboratory, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
JAES Volume 26 Issue 4 pp. 217-220; April 1978
Publication Date: April 1, 1978 Import into BibTeX
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