Pressure sensors can be delivered as dice, for very small embedded applications. The sensor can even be integrated into another device. Dice are usually delivered as tested sensor on a sawn wafer on blue foil (mylar type). The pressure range offered is from 100mbar (10KPa) up to 14bars (1400 KPa), Die sizes range from 1.48 x 1.62 mm to 2.5 x 2.5 mm. Typical applications are cost critical high volume OEM products.

Surface mounted device (SMD) devices are pressure sensors mounted and bonded on a ceramic substrate. These small size devices can then easily be mounted on a standard printed board. Uncompensated SMD sensors require external amplification and temperature compensation. The output signal in the range of 90 to 240 mV with a linearity of 0.05% to 0.5% is depending on the type.

Those devices contain a pressure sensor and an interface IC with digital output. The devices are electrically trimmed at factory and optimized to interface to Low Power battery supplied microcontrollers. Highest accuracy of < 0.5% is achieved with a current consumption of just a few microamperes. Typical applications are high resolution watch altimeters, barometers, navigation instruments, etc...

Various pressure ranges from 100 mbar (10 KPa) up to 14 bars (1400 KPa) are offered.

* The product MS5536 is not yet Pb-free.