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sensiBel licensed Sofics’ silicon-proven on-chip ESD protection to strengthen reliability of its SBM100B optical MEMS microphones ahead of volume production.
SBM100B combines optical MEMS IP, a silicon photonics circuit, and a digital ASIC built in standard CMOS, setting new benchmarks for MEMS microphone audio performance.
The microphone achieves 80dB SNR, 146dB SPL acoustic overload point, and 132dB dynamic range, exceeding conventional MEMS microphone capabilities.