FXPQ3115BV
I2C precision pressure sensor with altimetry
Rev. 1 — 9 October 2017
Short data sheet: technical data
1 General description
The FXPQ3115BV is a compact, piezoresistive, absolute pressure sensor with an I2C
digital interface. FXPQ3115BV has a wide operating range of 20 kPa to 110 kPa. This
sensor is ideal for inhalers, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) masks or
other medical devices coming in contact with a patient's airway. The MEMS and ASIC
die are coated with a biomedically-approved gel. The gel is a nontoxic, nonallergenic
elastomer which meets all United States Pharmacopeia (USP) biological testing class
VI requirements. The gel properties allow uniform pressure transmission to the MEMS
diaphragm.
A high resolution ADC provides fully compensated and digitized outputs for pressure in
Pascals and temperature in °C. The compensated output is available as either barometric
pressure in Pascals or as an altitude in meters. The internal processing in FXPQ3115BV
removes compensation and unit conversion load from the system MCU, simplifying
system design.
FXPQ3115BV's advanced ASIC has multiple user programmable modes such as power
saving, interrupt and autonomous data acquisition modes, including programmed
acquisition cycle timing, and poll-only modes. Typical active supply current is 40 μA per
measurement-second.
2 Features and benefits
• Operating range: 20 kPa to 110 kPa absolute pressure
• Calibrated range: 50 kPa to 110 kPa absolute pressure
• Calibrated temperature output: −40 °C to 85 °C
• I2C digital output interface
• Fully compensated internally
• Precision ADC resulting in 1.5 Pa of effective resolution
• Direct reading
• Programmable interrupts
• Autonomous data acquisition
– Embedded 32-sample FIFO
– Data logging up to 12 days using the FIFO
– One-second to nine-hour data acquisition rate
• 1.95 V to 3.6 V supply voltage, internally regulated
• 1.6 V to 3.6 V digital interface supply voltage
• Operating temperature from −40 °C to +85 °C
– Pressure: 20-bit measurement (Pascals)
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20 to 110 kPa
– Temperature: 12-bit measurement (°C)
–40 °C to 85 °C
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