Capacitive Accelerometers
- Technology
- Accelerometers and tilt sensors
- Partner
- Memsic
Single-chip 3D accelerometers consist of a monolithic integrated MEMS structure which allows obtaining the lowest power consumption and small size available from the market.
This design with a standard CMOS process permits high-performance interconnection, smaller size and consequently lower cost. It also minimizes noises and allows for different low power modes (sleep, sniff, motion activated-wake up).
Typical applications include wearable consumer products, IoT devices, user interface control, gaming motion input, electronic compass tilt compensation for cell phones, game controllers, remote controls and portable media products.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- Single-chip design, standard CMOS process, high-performance interconnection, smaller size and lower cost.
- Provide multiple levels of power mode to allow customer system always working with lowest power consumption.
- Wafer-level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP) effectively reduce the package size and enable customer’s very compact product design.
- Acceleration ranges up to ±16g
- I2C / SPI digital interface
- Size down to 1.29 × 1.09 × 0.74 mm (CSP package)
- Ultra-low power modes: sleep mode 0.1uA, sniff mode 0.4uA at 6Hz, wake mode 0.3uA at 1Hz
- Single sample resolution up to 16bit
- Event detection function available
What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Model | Full scale ranges | Package | Consumption | Signal output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MC3419 | ±2, ±4, ±8, ±12, ±16g range | 2×2×0.92 mm 12-pin LGA package | 4 μA typical standby current | SPI up to 10 MHz I2C interface, up to 1 MHz |
MC3479 | ±2, ±4, ±8, ±12, ±16g range | 2×2×0.92 mm 12-pin LGA package | 4 μA typical standby current | SPI up to 10 MHz I2C interface, up to 1 MHz |
MC3630 | ±2, 4, 8, 12 or 16g ranges | 2.0 × 2.0 × 0.94 mm 12-pin package | Sniff and Wake modes 0.4 μA Sniff current @ 6Hz Separate or combined sniff/wake Ultra-low power with 32 sample FIFO 0.9 μA typical current @ 25Hz 1.6 μA typical current @ 50Hz 2.8 μA typical current @ 100Hz 36 μA typical current @ 1300Hz | I2C interface, up to 1 MHz SPI Interface, up to 8 MHz |
MC3635 | ±2, 4, 8, 12 or 16g ranges | 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.94 mm 10-pin package | Sniff and Wake modes 0.3 μA Sniff current @ 1Hz Separate or combined sniff/wake Ultra-low power with 32 sample FIFO 0.9 μA typical current @ 25Hz 1.6 μA typical current @ 50Hz 2.8 μA typical current @ 100Hz 36 μA typical current @ 1300Hz | I2C interface, up to 1 MHz SPI Interface, up to 8 MHz |
MC3672 | ±2, ±4, ±8, ±12 or ±16g ranges | 1.29 x 1.09 x 0.74 mm CSP package | Sniff and Wake modes 0.4 μA Sniff current @ 6Hz Separate or combined sniff/wake Ultra-Low Power with 32 sample FIFO 0.9 μA typical current @ 25Hz 1.6 μA typical current @ 50Hz 2.8 μA typical current @ 100Hz 36 μA typical current @ 1300Hz | I2C interface, up to 1 MHz SPI Interface, up to 8 MHz |
