Akustica intros AKU2103 HD microphone for laptops

Akustica, which makes its mark building acoustic system-on-chip solutions, has recently introduced what it calls the "world's first HD microphone that enables HD voice quality in laptop PCs and other broadband mobile devices." The firm's AKU2103 is a digital-output microphone with a "guaranteed wideband frequency response," which means that you can sleep easy knowing that your built-in mic complies with the TIA-920 audio performance requirement for wideband transmission. This MEMS device crams the mechanical transducer, output amplifier, and sigma-delta converter onto a single chip of silicon, and touts near-immunity to RF and electromagnetic interference as well as to power supply modulation. The surface-mountable unit measures in at just four- x four-millimeters in size, and while pricing details aren't available to the masses just yet, Akustica plans on sampling the AKU2103 in Q3 of this year.

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2007 10:40AM]

"...you can sleep easy knowing that your built-in mic complies with the TIA-920 audio performance requirement for wideband transmission."

'sall I'm asking man.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2007 10:46AM]

Attempts to get a spec sheet were turned down. I just
wanted to know freq response. A preliminary pdf would
be great.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2007 11:27AM]

Hooray for non-standard use of the term "HD"! Yay!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2007 12:46PM]

So my voice quality will be 1080p? Huh? At least its not another HD countertop.

[buckaroo Posted Jun 5th 2007 2:58PM]

HD (High Definition) was in use for audio components way before it was applied to video displays. Why they used HD for TVs instead of HR (High Resolution) I'll never know.