All items tagged with ams AG (26)

Knowles Acquires Microphone Design Assets from ams AG

December 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Acquires Microphone Design Assets from ams AG

Knowles Corporation, a market leader in advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing, and precision device solutions, announced it has acquired the MEMS microphone ASIC design business from Austrian company ams AG. The transaction includes intellectual property, rights to source ASIC wafers from multiple foundry partners, and the transfer of the ASIC design team, which will continue to be based in Switzerland.

True Wireless Designs: A Case of Loose-Fit Earbuds

October 10, 2019 by Joao Martins

True Wireless Designs: A Case of Loose-Fit Earbuds

When both Amazon and Microsoft promoted their own designs and vision for the true wireless earbuds category, what I found most interesting about Microsoft's Surface Earbuds was the design itself. Yes, they have that big round surface that will confer a distinct "iconic" look to the user - just like the AirPods do in a different way - but inside they also use the loose-fit design that Apple adopted since the EarPods (and which Bose pioneered). Just like Apple's design, they do not go inside the ear and do not completely block the ear canal.

New ams TMD2635 Proximity Sensor Module Enhances Smaller True Wireless Earbud Designs

September 17, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New ams TMD2635 Proximity Sensor Module Enhances Smaller True Wireless Earbud Designs

Austrian sensor specialist ams announced the world’s smallest 2-in-1 IR proximity sensor module, paving the way to smaller, lighter, and always-available True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. The ultra-small package of the new ams TMD2635 module measures just 1mm3, and enables ear detection triggers to help extend battery life between charges. Two TMD2635 modules can be used in tandem to enable touchless gesture controls.

ams Announces New Augmented Hearing Engine with ANC for True Wireless Earbuds

June 27, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

ams Announces New Augmented Hearing Engine with ANC for True Wireless Earbuds

ams announced a new digital noise cancellation technology that the Austrian sensor solutions supplier says will transform the experience of hearing music and voice calls when wearing new, more comfortable, loose-fit true wireless earbuds. The new Augmented Hearing Engine from ams supports development of features such as selectable noise cancellation to optimize listening when in social situations and allows audio manufacturers to develop highly differentiated product designs with unique capabilities.

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

March 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

audioXpress April 2019 features a closer look at two hot application areas in audio, with an expanded Market Update about hearables and true wireless stereo, and an update on voice capture solutions. Also in this edition, Steve Temme (Listen, Inc.) addresses the challenges for testing the wider class of connected speakers, experts from Nokia Technologies explain how audio processing in smartphones can enable completely new features, and Luke McCready reviews the Qobuz hi-res music streaming service, now available in the US. Get your audioXpress now!

New ANC, True Wireless, and Intelligent Connectivity Sensor Solutions from ams at MWC 2019

February 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New ANC, True Wireless, and Intelligent Connectivity Sensor Solutions from ams at MWC 2019

ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, is a rising force in the industry with many important innovations that are meeting next-gen consumer demands. And that includes many of the main market trends for the audio industry, such as hearing enhancers, hearables, voice capture and recognition and acoustic sensing. The Austrian company will showcase several industry-first technologies for mobile devices at MWC 2019 in Barcelona later this month, including exciting developments in active noise cancelling.

Innovative Two-Wire Interface Technology from ams Significantly Reduces Mechanical Design Constraints of True Wireless Earbuds

September 5, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Innovative Two-Wire Interface Technology from ams Significantly Reduces Mechanical Design Constraints of True Wireless Earbuds

Austrian sensor specialist ams introduced POW:COM, an innovative interface technology which enables Power and Communication between a true wireless earbud and a charging cradle over a two-wire connection. A true wireless earbud previously required as many as six pins to provide both power transfer and communication between the charging cradle and the earbud, compromising the mechanical design of a small form factor that fits comfortably in the user’s ear.

ams Audio Offers World-Class Noise-Cancelling Performance in Two New Wireless Headphones from FIIL

October 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

ams Audio Offers World-Class Noise-Cancelling Performance in Two New Wireless Headphones from FIIL

Austrian sensor and noise canceling specialist, ams announced that headphone manufacturer FIIL is using two ams chipsets in its latest releases. ams’ hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) audio IC, the AS3435, is used in the high performance Canviis Pro wireless on-ear headphones. In addition, ams’ AS3412 has been chosen for the Driifter Pro, one of the first neck-band-based Bluetooth in-ear ANC headphones of its kind. The AS3412 – which comes in a tiny WL-CSP – is ideally suited for this audio application because of the headphones’ size constraints.

Ideas, Focus, and Innovation, Available with audioXpress November 2017

October 10, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Ideas, Focus, and Innovation, Available with audioXpress November 2017

Discover some outstanding speaker designs in the Midwest Audiofest 2017 Speaker Competition with audioXpress November 2017. In this edition, audioXpress also features one of the most eagerly awaited reviews: the OPPO Digital UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player. Focusing on audio processing, we discuss active noise control for headphones, and we address "Measurement of Audio Devices" that use automatic gain control (AGC). In our "You Can DIY!" article, Dan Joffe describes a 1 kHz oscillator with less than 2 PPM distortion. And much more...

ams Wins Innovation Gold Award at 2017 Sensors Expo for Single Wire Communication Interface that Enables Battery-Free Smart Active Noise-Cancelling Headsets

July 13, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

ams Wins Innovation Gold Award at 2017 Sensors Expo for Single Wire Communication Interface that Enables Battery-Free Smart Active Noise-Cancelling Headsets

Austrian company ams, a leading supplier of high performance sensor solutions, has won the prestigious Gold Level Innovation Award at the 2017 Best of Sensors Expo Awards (Sensors Expo & Conference, San Jose, California, 27-29 June 2017). ams won the award for its novel Accessory Communications Interface (ACI), a technology, which enables Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) headsets to operate with no battery in the earphone when connected via a single wire to a host device like a smartphone.

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