New PVC5100 Series Fully Calibrated MEMS Pirani Vacuum Transducer
The News
Posifa Technologies announces its new PVC5100 series fully calibrated MEMS Pirani vacuum transducer. Designed for simple and cost-effective OEM integration, the device consists of a surface-mount MEMS Pirani sensor and microcontroller-based measuring electronics — all packaged in an ultra-compact PCB assembly featuring a connector-terminated wire harness and enclosed in a stainless steel housing with ISO-KF fittings.
Key Specifications and Benefits:
- Wide effective range from 0.1 millitorr (0.013 Pa) to 1 atm (760 torr, or 101 kPa), with accuracy of 15 % from 1 millitorr to 200,000 millitorr
- Extremely fast response times of 250 ms
- Low power consumption for battery-powered instruments
- Temperature compensation
Target Applications:
- Digital vacuum gauges
- Leak detection in closed systems maintained under primary vacuum pumps, such as vacuum-insulated panels
The Context
The sensor element of the PVC5100 series MEMS Pirani vacuum transducer is based on Posifa’s second-generation MEMS thermal conduction chip, which operates under the principle that the thermal conductivity of gas is proportional to its vacuum pressure. The transducer’s microcontroller-based measuring electronics amplify and digitize the senor’s signal, providing output via an I²C interface. To compensate for variations in thermal conductivity due to changes in ambient temperature, the device features a temperature-compensation algorithm, which takes its input from a built-in temperature sensor.
Availability
Samples and production quantities of the PVC5100 are available now.
Download PVC5100 datasheet
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