With microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology and semiconductor packages, sensor manufacturers compete to cram the most technology into the smallest package. This week, Sensor Tips will highlight products that the manufacturer says is the world’s smallest. Without performing the extensive research necessary to verify the claims, we’ll take their word for it. Users can take advantage of these products’ minute size and capabilities to add features and performance to portable electronic products.
The first smallest sensor is STMicroelectronics world’s smallest 3-axis digital gyroscope. Housed in a 3 x 3.5 x 1-mm land grid array (LGA) 16-pin package, the L3G3200D gyroscope provides a 16-bit data output on the interrupt and data-ready lines and it integrates low- and high-pass filters with user-selectable bandwidth. The gyro operates with any supply voltage within the range of 2.4 to 3.6V with selectable full-scale values of ±250/500/2000 dps.
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