Electret microphones are capable of high-quality output, and are prized for their smooth frequency response. However, unlike other types, they can’t simply be plugged directly into a mixing desk.

The ones in microphones are very small, but in the video after the break [Jay Bowles] from Plasma Channel makes a big electret and demonstrates it’s effects. Electrets have been around since the ...

Creation of a power-generating, gel electret-based device Technology may be used to develop soft, lightweight wearable motion sensors for healthcare purposes Date: June 20, 2024 Source: National ...

West, now a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Johns Hopkins University, invented the electret microphone in the early 1960s. Today, West's invention accounts for 90 percent of ...

1. A team of researchers from NIMS, Hokkaido University and Meiji Pharmaceutical University has developed a gel electret capable of stably retaining a large electrostatic charge. The team then ...