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Acoustic Technologies Full-Duplex Speakerphone Reference Design Now Available.


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MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2004

Acoustic Technologies, a leading developer of high-quality communication solutions for telephony equipment, today announced the availability of the ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex 3000DT Full-Duplex Desktop Speakerphone Reference Design and Development Kit to enable ease of integration and fast time to market. The ATR3000DT Desktop Speakerphone Reference Design is based around the SoundClear-enabled ATH3000 device, providing clear and natural speakerphone performance. The ATH3000 enables full-duplex speakerphone operation with Acoustic Technologies' unique SoundClear(R) technology and integrated analog functions, providing a system solution for dramatically improving voice quality in telephony applications.

The ATR3000DT Desktop Speakerphone Reference Design comes complete with a functional desktop speakerphone product, board schematics, bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. , eXcho(TM) tuning software and comprehensive documentation. The reference design and development kit shortens product development cycles and facilitates prototyping, testing and field analysis. The reference design kit provides everything customers need to evaluate the system and quickly bring their speakerphone products to market. The eXcho tuning software makes it easy to customize the ATH3000-based design for specific applications, plastic casings and user preferences.

"Many telephone vendors value the time-to-market advantage achieved by utilizing our reference designs," said Sam Thomasson, Acoustic Technologies chief executive officer. "The desktop speakerphone reference design, complete with SoundClear, allows telephone equipment manufacturers to quickly build speakerphone products with superior sound quality."

The ATH3000 device provides Acoustic Echo Cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. , Network Echo Cancellation, Noise Reduction, and Sound Enhancement, with integrated dual voice-band CODECs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs
Non-compression formats
  • Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF, container format)
  • Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF, container format)
, speaker drivers and microphone pre-amplification for a complete system-level solution A system-level solution is a set of integrated circuits that work together to power an application such as a mobile telephone or digital media player. A special case of a system-level solution is a system-on-a-chip, where the entire functionality of the system is integrated into a single chip. . To improve the sound quality and simplify phone system design, the device also includes dual 10-band Graphic Equalizers graphic equalizer
n.
An electronic equalizer that allows one to increase or decrease a fixed set of frequency ranges in an audio system.



graphic equalizer  

See under equalizer.
, comfort noise, DTMF (Dual-Tone MultiFrequency) The type of audio signals that are generated when you press the buttons on a touch-tone telephone. See also DMTF.

DTMF - Dual Tone Multi Frequency
 generation and ringer tone generation. The ATR3000DT Desktop Speakerphone Reference Design and Development Kit is available now. Also, the ATH3000 IC is available for immediate sampling in a 48-pin LQFP See QFP.  package.

About Acoustic Technologies

Acoustic Technologies is a privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
 headquartered in Mesa, Ariz. Acoustic Technologies creates high-quality semiconductor and software solutions for leading telecom manufacturers worldwide. The SoundClear(R) brand of patented full-duplex communication and echo cancellation solutions is enabling significant advancements in telecommunications voice quality. SoundClear provides natural bi-directional communication in business speakerphones, mobile phones, VoIP telephones, hands-free car kits, Bluetooth accessories and other speakerphone-enabled products. For additional information, the company can be reached directly at 480-507-4376, or via the Internet at www.acoustictech.com.

SoundClear is a registered trademark of Acoustic Technologies Inc. eXcho is a trademark of Acoustic Technologies Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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