L3GD20H

M

E

M

S

mot

ion sensor

:

three-ax

is

d

ig

i

ta

l

output

gyroscope

Datasheet

-

production data

Applications



G

a

ming and v

i

r

tua

l

rea

l

i

t

y

input

dev

ices



M

ot

ion cont

ro

l

w

i

th

M

MI (man-

machine

in

ter

face)



G

P

S navigat

ion syste

ms



A

ppl

iances and

robot

ics

LGA-16 (3x3x1 mm)

Description

Features

The L3

G

D

20

H

is

a

low-po

w

er

three-ax

is

angular

ra

te

sensor

.



W

ide supply

vo

l

tage,

2

.2 V

to

3

.6

V



W

ide extended operat

ing

te

mperature

range

I

t

inc

ludes a sens

ing e

le

ment

and an

IC

in

ter

face

able

to

prov

ide

the measured angular

ra

te

to

the

2

externa

l

wor

ld

through d

ig

i

t

al

in

ter

face

(

I

C/SPI)

.

(

f

ro

m -

40

°C

to

85

°C)



Lo

w vo

l

tage co

mpat

ib

le

IOs,

1

.8

V



Lo

w po

wer

consu

m

pt

ion

The sens

ing e

le

ment

is

manufactured us

ing a

dedicated micro

machin

ing process developed by

S

T

to

produce

iner

t

ia

l

sensors

and actuators

on

s

i

l

icon wafers

.



E

m

bedded po

wer-down



S

leep mode



F

ast

turn-on and wake-up

The

IC

in

ter

face

is

manufactu

red us

ing a

C

M

O

S

process

that

a

l

lows a h

igh

l

evel

o

f

in

tegrat

ion

to

design a

dedicated c

i

rcu

i

t

w

hich

is

t

r

im

m

ed

to

bet

ter

match

the sens

ing e

l

e

m

ent

character

is

t

ics

.



T

hree se

lectab

le

fu

l

l

scales

up

to

2000 dps



16 b

i

t

ra

te

va

lue data output



8 b

i

t

te

mperature data

output



I

2

C/SPI

d

ig

i

ta

l

output

in

t

er

face



2 dedicated

l

ines

(1

in

terrupt

,

1

data

ready)



U

ser

enable

in

tegrated high-pass

f

i

l

te

rs



E

m

bedded

te

mperature

sensor



E

m

bedded 32

leve

ls

o

f

16 b

i

t

data

output

F

IF

O



H

igh shock surv

ivab

i

l

i

ty

The L3

G

D

20

H has a

fu

l

l

scale

o

f

±

245/

±

500/

±2000 dps and

i

s capabl

e

o

f

m

e

asur

ing

ra

tes wi

th

a

user

se

lectab

le

band

width

.

The L3

G

D

20

H

is

ava

i

lab

le

i

n a p

las

t

ic

land gr

id

array

(LG

A) package and can operate wi

th

in

a

te

mperature

range

f

ro

m -

40

°

C

to

+85

°C

.



E

C

O

P

A

C

K

®

Ro

H

S and “

G

reen

”

co

mpl

iant

Table 1. Device summary

Order code

Temperature range (°C)

Package

Packing

L3

G

D

20

H

-40

to

+85

-40

to

+85

L

G

A-16

(3x3x1)

L

G

A-16

(3x3x1)

Tray

L3

G

D

20

H

T

R

Tape and

ree

l

M

arch 2013

D

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