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Breaking A New Sound Barrier: It's A Mic-On-A-Chip
Fabricated on a MEMS CMOS process, these tiny, low-cost ICs solve acoustic performance issues for many computing and consumer electronics devices.
Date Posted: April 27, 2006 12:00 AM
A GROWING FUTURE FOR CMOS MEMS
The overall microphone market comprises 1.5 billion units annually, most of which are ECMs. However, CMOS microphones continue to penetrate this market: Forecasts show growth from 32 million units in 2005 to 518 million units by 2008, with their share of the market increasing as well (Fig. 4).
Akustica foresees a vast market not only for its silicon microphones, but also for CMOS MEMS sensor technology across the board. It trademarked the term "Sensory Silicon" to describe a platform upon which monolithic analog and digital sensory systems will be built to hear, speak, and sense the world around them.
The company envisions CMOS MEMS that can deliver accelerometers, gyroscopes, RF components, signal-processing ICs, and microphones for voiceinput chips, hybrid sensors, acoustic portals to the wireless Internet, and smart microphone arrays.
Akustica Inc.
www.akustica.com