The disclosure relates to an audio device that includes a diaphragm having a graphene material, such as a graphene flake, that is incorporated into a base material. The audio device may form part of a speaker device, a microphone device, or a headphone device. The concentration of the graphene and/o
The disclosure relates to an audio device that includes a diaphragm having a graphene material, such as a graphene flake, that is incorporated into a base material. The audio device may form part of a speaker device, a microphone device, or a headphone device. The concentration of the graphene and/or a size of the graphene flakes may be varied throughout the diaphragm to define a stiff center portion and a flexible portion that surrounds the center portion.
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1. An audio device comprising: a support structure;an acoustic element disposed within a recess of the support structure; anda diaphragm coupled to the support structure, the diaphragm comprising: a center portion comprising a base material;a flexible portion comprising the base material and surroun
1. An audio device comprising: a support structure;an acoustic element disposed within a recess of the support structure; anda diaphragm coupled to the support structure, the diaphragm comprising: a center portion comprising a base material;a flexible portion comprising the base material and surrounding the center portion and configured to flex in response to a movement of the center portion with respect to the support structure; anda graphene flake material molded into the base material, wherein a concentration of the graphene flake material is higher within the center portion than within the flexible portion such that an elastic modulus of the center portion is greater than an elastic modulus of the flexible portion. 2. The audio device of claim 1, wherein: the center portion has a first stiffness;the flexible portion has a second stiffness; andthe first stiffness is greater than the second stiffness. 3. The audio device of claim 1, wherein: the center portion includes a first size of graphene flake;the flexible portion includes a second size of graphene flake; and the first size is greater than the second size. 4. The audio device of claim 1, wherein the diaphragm comprises: a membrane structure, at least a portion of which forms the flexible portion; anda composite cap structure bonded to a surface of the membrane structure and forming at least a portion of the center portion. 5. The audio device of claim 1, wherein: the base material comprises a polymer; andthe graphene flake material is molded into the polymer. 6. The audio device of claim 1, wherein: the acoustic element comprises:a magnet disposed within the recess of the support structure; and a voice coil attached to the center portion of the diaphragm andelectromagnetically coupled to the magnet; andthe flexible portion is configured to flex in response to relative motion between the magnet and the voice coil. 7. The audio device of claim 1, wherein the audio device forms at least one of a speaker, a headphone, and a microphone. 8. A portable electronic device comprising: a housing defining an opening;a display positioned in the opening of the housing;an audio device comprising: a support structure;a diaphragm flexibly connected to the support structure and configured to transmit or receive sound waves, wherein the diaphragm includes graphene molded into a base material, and wherein a concentration of the graphene is higher within a center portion of the diaphragm than within a flexible portion of the diaphragm such that an elastic modulus of the center portion is greater than an elastic modulus of the flexible portion. 9. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein: the center portion comprises:an inner center portion; andan outer center portion surrounding the inner center portion, wherein:the outer center portion has a graphene concentration that is lower than a graphene concentration of the inner center portion; andthe flexible portion has a graphene concentration that is lower than the graphene concentration of the outer center portion. 10. The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the flexible portion has a substantially zero graphene concentration. 11. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein: the diaphragm forms a conically shaped dome structure;the conically shaped dome structure defines an edge portion surrounding the flexible portion; andthe edge portion is attached to the support structure. 12. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein a graphene concentration of the edge portion is greater than the graphene concentration of the flexible portion. 13. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein: the base material is a polymer; andthe graphene is a graphene flake material. 14. A method for manufacturing a diaphragm for an audio device, the method comprising: forming a support structure;positioning an acoustic element within a recess of the support structure;forming a diaphragm and coupling it to the support structure, wherein the diaphragm is formed by: preparing a base material;forming a flexible portion that surrounds a center portion, wherein the flexible portion and the center portion are both formed from the base material;molding graphene flakes within the base material, wherein a concentration of the graphene flakes is higher within the center portion than within the flexible portion such that an elastic modulus of the center portion is greater than an elastic modulus of the flexible portion. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein: molding the graphene flakes within the base material includes varying a concentration of the graphene flakes; andforming the diaphragm comprises forming a first and second distinct portion of the diaphragm, each having a different concentration of graphene flakes. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein: the first distinct portion defines the center portion formed from a first composite mixture having a first concentration of graphene flakes;the second distinct portion defines the flexible portion that surrounds the center portion and is formed from a second composite mixture having a second concentration of graphene flakes; andthe first concentration is greater than the second concentration. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein: preparing the base material comprises forming a first composite mixture having a first size of graphene flakes;and the method further comprises: adding a second size of graphene flakes to the base material to create a second composite mixture, the first size being greater than the second size;molding the center portion of the diaphragm using the first composite mixture; andmolding the flexible portion of the diaphragm surrounding the center portion using the second composite mixture. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein forming the diaphragm further comprises: forming an inner center portion of the center portion, wherein the inner center portion has a first concentration of graphene flakes;forming an outer center portion of the center portion, wherein the outer center portion has a second concentration of graphene flakes that is lower than the first concentration; andforming the flexible portion having a third concentration of graphene flakes that is lower than the second concentration. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein the base material comprises a polymer and the molding is performed with an injection molding process.
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