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Friday, November 30, 2012

#MEMS: "Tini-tiny microphones go HD"

When the iPhone 5 announced support for wideband voice, only Sprint in the U.S. supported it, but by this time next year nearly every carrier worldwide will be hawking the crystal clear sounds of HD audio.To meet that growing demand for wideband handsets, Bosch Group company Akustica has announced an extensive line of MEMS microphones that enable HD audio to be adapted to any smartphone, tablet or other mobile device: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog



Akustica sports a new family of HD mics with super-wide frequency response and crystal clear voice reception with four varieties for use with nearly any existing or future consumer electronics device.

Here is what EETimes says about HD audio for mobile: Akustica unveiled a new family of high-definition (HD) microphones...at the MEMS Executive Congress . Now wideband voice can be received and transmitted by any smartphone, tablet, laptop or hybrid convertible that switches to these pin-compatible HD mics...
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