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The current methods used during circuit board assembly to protect MEMS microphones can cause performance degradation, significant yield losses and higher manufacturing costs. With GORE MEMS Protective Vent Style 100, industry-leading protection and acoustic performance can be seamlessly installed during circuit board assembly.

Greater protection. Simpler design.

The GORE^® MEMS Protective Vents - Style 300 is installed inside the MEMS microphone during the microphone packaging process to provide component-level IP68 water and dust protection without any special handling during the circuit board assembly process.

Our pioneering venting solution eliminates the need for a separate acoustic vent installed on the housing, reducing complexity and saving space in the acoustic channel of water-protected devices.

GORE^® MEMS Protective Vents provide proven protection for MEMS microphones during high-volume assembly of printed circuit boards.

Our venting solutions prevent particle contamination and pressure build-ups, while still allowing for in-process acoustic testing and seamless integration.

In an industry first – our latest venting solution, the GORE^® MEMS Protective Vents – Style 300, also provides component-level IP68 water and dust ingress protection for mobile devices.

Rigorous testing shows how GORE® MEMS Protective Vents Style 200 reliably prevents particle contamination and pressure build-ups in MEMS microphones, and enables higher manufacturing yields and in-process acoustic testing in high-volume PCB (Printed Circuit Board) assembly operations.

When it comes to ingress protection, among the most vulnerable areas of a smartphone are the openings in the phone’s housing that contain the device’s audio components, particularly the microphone and speakers.

According to Gary Chan, a Gore application engineer for portable electronic venting, Gore’s vents are in more than one billion smartphones, wearables, and other consumer devices around the world.

Style 100 can be installed over the top of a top-port microphone or on the circuit board opposite a bottom-port microphone.

Today’s consumers expect to be able to use their full-featured mobile devices anywhere, whether they are skiing on top of a mountain, talking on the phone while running through a rainstorm, or taking underwater pictures in the Caribbean.

A critical aspect of vent selection begins with defining the level of protection your application, device or housing requires.

IP ratings cannot be “converted” to NEMA ratings, since NEMA requires additional testing not included in IP. However, there are minimum NEMA ratings that will meet or exceed a given IP code.

The new GORE® Acoustic Vents Product Model GAW342 lets you take your mobile devices to the next level with greater contamination protection and deeper immersion capabilities while maintaining excellent acoustic performance and consistency.

Style 200 can be installed inside the MEMS microphone during the microphone packaging process.