NORWOOD, Mass. (PRWEB) September 22, 2008
“After faithfully serving the electronics industry for nearly 50 years, electret condenser microphones are beginning to give way at the edges to silicon micromachined microphones. MEMS microphones have several advantages: they can be manufactured using surface mounting, withstand high reflow temperatures, are easily integrated with CMOS processes and other audio electronics, and they offer improved noise cancellation and immunity to RF and EMI,” said Jeremie Bouchaud, director and principal analyst for MEMS at research firm, iSuppli Corp. “Today, MEMS microphones account for a bit less than 10% of the total market in units, but we expect that shipment will increase by 32% yearly over the next 4 years to exceed 1 billion units in 2012.”
“Analog Devices is combining more than 15 years experience as a supplier of high quality MEMS sensors to the automotive and industrial markets with a heritage of high-fidelity audio design,” said Mark Martin, vice president, Micromachined Products Division, Analog Devices. “ADI leveraged its proven iMEMS
