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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001005477-06-000266.txt : 20060125
<SEC-HEADER>0001005477-06-000266.hdr.sgml : 20060125
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060125192454
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001005477-06-000266
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060123
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060125
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060125

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000924383
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOUSEHOLD AUDIO & VIDEO EQUIPMENT [3651]
		IRS NUMBER:				870361799
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13114 EVENING CREEK DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92128
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6196792114

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13114 EVENING CREEK DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92128

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Carnevale David A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001185876

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24248
		FILM NUMBER:		06550824

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6215 FERRIS SQ.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 140
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-450-4220

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5230 FIORE TERRACE
		STREET 2:		K113
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92122

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CARNEVALE  DAVID A
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20031027

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CARNERALE DAVID A
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020904
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000924383</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ATCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001185876</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Carnevale David A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>13114 EVENING CREEK DRIVE SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN DIEGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92128</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President, Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>No securities beneficially owned</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>Exhibit List
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David A. Carnevale</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>carnevale_poa-012406.txt
<TEXT>
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of ELWOOD G. NORRIS AND JOHN R. ZAVOLI, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of
any registered class of the securities of AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, or
one or more of its subsidiaries (the "Company"), SEC Form ID - Uniform
Application for Access Codes to File On EDGAR;

         (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of
any registered class of the securities of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

         (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form ID or Form 3, 4 or 5 and file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

         (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 24th day of January, 2006.

                                                          /s/ David A. Carnevale
                                                          David A. Carnevale

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