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Low Pressure Sensor for High Volumes – J Series

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For over 20 years Merit Sensor Systems has partnered with customers to design, fabricate, assemble and package reliable, economical piezoresistive pressure sensor solutions for automotive, industrial, defense, medical, aviation and consumer applications.

Merit Sensor offers full-service design capabilities, piezoresistive technology (PRT), in-house wafer fabrication, packaging and assembly, flexible shipping, complete pressure measurement (absolute, differential, gage and vacuum) expansive pressure ranges (0.15 psi to 15,000 psi), and unsurpassed operating temperature range (- 40 °C to 150 °C) via Merit Sensor’s Sentium^® process. Furthermore, Merit Sensor is able to provide unparalleled flexibility to tailor pressure sensing solutions to match customers’ applications.

In contrast to other pressure sensor suppliers, Merit Sensor can offer customers totally customized pressure sensor designs with large or smaller/limited production runs. Merit Sensor’s customers range from pressure sensor transducer manufacturers who are already experts in pressure sensing technology and depend on Merit Sensor for extremely stable and sensitive MEMS sensing elements (bare die), to customers who have limited to no experience in the pressure sensing world and seek Merit Sensor to assist with a totally custom design and implementation of a pressure sensor that ideally fits their application.

At Merit Sensor, Engineers are application experts. They are ready to assist customers design the application to work with a pressure sensor, and/or design a tailored pressure sensing solution that suits a specific application. In case a customer is unsure whether a pressure sensor is right for a particular application, Merit Sensor can help make that choice.

Features

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Media	Clean, dry air and non-corrosive gases
Range	3 to 300 psi (0.21 to 21 bar; 21 to 2100 KPa)
Type	Absolute, gage, differential and vacuum
Flexibility	Sensitivity, resistance, bridge, constraint, etc.
Shipping	Wafers on tape, waffle pack

Benefits

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Performance	Enjoy best-in-class performance due to Merit’s proprietary Sentium technology
Security	Feel confident doing business with an experienced company supported by a solid parent company (NASDAQ: MMSI)
Speed	Get to market quickly with 1 single geometry that supports a wide pressure range (3 to 300 psi and up to 1000 psi optional)
Cost	Due to high-performing die, money is saved over time
Service	Experience quick, professional and personal support

Specifications (Preliminary)

Parameter	Minimum	Typical	Maximum	Units	Notes
Electrical & Environmental
Excitation		1.5		mA	Maximum: 3 mA
Impedance	4000	5000	6000	Ω	Optional: 3,500 ± 500
Operating Temperature	-40		150	°C	Sentium^® technology
Storage Temperature	-55		160	°C
Performance
Offset	-5	0	5	mV/V	Zero pressure; gage only; @25 °C
Non-linearity	-0.15	0	0.15	% FSO	Best Fit Straight Line; @25 °C
Pressure Hysteresis	-0.1	0	0.1	% FSO	@25 °C
Temp Coeff – Zero	-25	0	25	µV/V/°C	-40 °C to 150 °C
Temp Coeff – Resistance	2500	3000	3500	PPM/°C	-40 °C to 150 °C
Temp Coeff – Sensitivity	-1500	-2000	-2500	PPM/°C	-40 °C to 150 °C
Thermal Hysteresis	-0.2	0	0.2	% FSO	Zero pressure -40 °C to 150 °C
Long-Term Stability	-0.2	0	0.2	% FSO	Zero pressure
Burst Pressure	5X				Full scale pressure
Full-Scale Output (@ 1.5 mA excitation)
3 psi (0.21 bar; 21 kPa)	95	120	145	mV	Other outputs available upon request
5 psi (0.34 bar; 34 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
15 psi (1 bar; 103 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
30 psi (2 bar; 207 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
50 psi (3.5 bar; 345 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
100 psi (7 bar; 670 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
150 psi (10 bar; 1035 kPa)	95	120	145	mV
300 psi (21 bar; 2070 kPa)	95	120	145	mV