21ic News STMicroelectronics ST) introduces the smallest, lowest power, and best performing gyro chip on the market for advanced motion sensing applications.
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ST's L3GD20H gyroscope is only 3 x 3x 1mm in size and is the smallest gyroscope chip on the market and is mass-produced through ST's market-proven, high-quality MEMS manufacturing process. With a footprint of only one-half of the previous generation, new products offer better resolution, higher accuracy, superior stability and faster response times, enabling them to be implemented in smart consumer electronics. Smaller detection mechanisms, target applications include cell phones, tablets, game console controllers, digital cameras, and industrial control tools.
This ultra-small gyroscope can also bring the distance between experimental projects (for example, wearing electronics) to practical applications. One of the application examples is the prototype of smart clothing released by STMicroelectronics in early 2012 for the demonstration of inertial human motion reconstruction technology. Such technology can enhance a variety of application experiences, such as augmented reality, sports aids, or rehabilitation.
Roberto De Nuccio, Business Development Manager, STMicroelectronics Motion MEMS Products Division, said: "Low-power miniature sensors like the L3GD20H allow smart electronic systems to be used in thinner and lighter handheld devices, apparel and sports equipment, and provide more opportunities to create Amazing innovations in products and services. Large-scale applications such as smartphones and tablets and emerging applications such as prosthetics, medical instruments, goods tracking and power tools will benefit from a new generation of miniature MEMS sensors."
Product information and features
STMicroelectronics' MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers and iNEMOTM inertial sensor modules enable innovative products and applications such as context-sensitive user interfaces, augmented reality applications, motion control games, and Industrial solutions such as container tracking or emergency stop mechanisms. IHS iSuppli's forecast report published in February 2012 pointed out that as of 2015, the total market size of such applications driven by MEMS devices will triple, reaching $4.25 billion. In particular, the market size of 3-axis gyroscopes (such as ST's L3GD20H) will reach more than 900 million US dollars.
In addition to reducing the size of advanced products, ST's L3GD20H also saves battery usage and reduces power consumption by 25% compared to previous generations. The boot time of the L3GD20H is one-fifth that of the previous generation, which helps to improve the user experience of the terminal application. Finally, the output noise of the new gyroscope products is 60% lower than that of the previous generation, which helps simplify the hardware and software design and speed up the communication between the gyroscope and the host system, thus achieving faster and higher application performance.
The new gyroscope retains the register structure of the previous generation (L3GD20), enabling designers to reuse existing software code to reduce time-to-market and reduce development costs. Designers can also benefit from ST's Sensor Fusion development environment.
Main characteristics
• The 3 x 3 x 1mm package is the smallest on the market today, with 25% lower power consumption, 60% lower output noise, and 80% faster boot speed.
• Three full-scale ranges to choose from (245/500/2000 dps)
• I2C/SPI two-wire digital interface
• Integrate low and high pass filters within user selectable bandwidth
• Shutdown and sleep mode
• Embedded temperature sensor and FIFO
The L3GD20H is available in a LGA-16 leadless surface mount package and is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2012 and will be in volume production in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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