Ribbon microphone siv nyias nyias, feem ntau yog corrugated los yog wavy, ribbon-zoo li txhuas zaj duab xis muab tso rau ntawm tus ncej ntawm cov hlau nplaum, sib npaug rau cov kab sib nqus. Nws qhov kawg yog tsau rau ib qho insulating ncej kom rho tawm cov teeb liab induced. Thaum cov yeeb yaj kiab vibrates nrog lub suab nthwv dej, nws txiav cov kab sib nqus, tsim cov electromagnetically induced tam sim no. Qhov tam sim no yog perpendicular rau ob qho tib si magnetic teb kev taw qhia thiab cov kev taw qhia ntawm lub suab yoj vibration, thiab lub teeb liab tuaj yeem tso tawm los ntawm ob qho kawg ntawm aluminium ribbon. Cov teeb liab no me me heev thiab muaj impedance tsawg heev. Vim tias lub teeb liab me me, lub tshuab hloov pauv feem ntau yog tsim rau hauv lub microphone kom nce qhov voltage ua ntej tso zis.
Txij li thaum ob sab ntawm zaj duab xis tuaj yeem lees txais lub suab nthwv dej vibrations, qhov yooj yim ribbon microphone yog bidirectional.
