Fortemedia Unveils ForteSound Coil-Based MEMS Speaker Product Family

Fortemedia, a Taiwan based supplier of MEMS microphones to some of the world's leading smartphone and laptop manufacturers, has now announced the launch of its latest innovation, a coil-based MEMS speaker range. Its first product is the ForteSound FS01, which the company says extends the audio frequency response to 80kHz, with extended SPL Response and Low THD, delivering a new type of high-reliability, low-power audio transducer.

The Megaclite 4.0 UH-R2040 is a reference design based on USound's Achelous UT-P2018 MEMS drivers, comparable in length and width to smaller balanced armatures, but thinner. They’re SMT reflow-compatible, so easy to incorporate into automatic assembly processes. Brent Butterworth listened, measured, and compared the performance of this new design against conventional in-ear products using established driver technologies. This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2021.

USound, the Austria-based developer and manufacturer of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) speakers for personal devices and wearable technology, announced that it has raised $30 million USD (€25 million EUR) to move into mass production of its second generation MEMS devices, with commitments from several global companies. The investment will ensure that USound will be in a position to build a stable supply chain to meet growing demand for its second-generation MEMS technology.