Tuesday, 1 September 2015

circuit design - What are these fuse-looking cartridge case components on small, battery operated RF tranceivers?


I have recently opened up 3 dead, battery-operated RF transceivers lying around, both wearable and key-chains. I've noticed that all three had components that looked like fuses (cartridge case), soldered down, that are quite large compared to the size of the circuit. See the pictures below. I'm not posting full circuit pictures because I don't know if I should, I can update if they are necessary.


Device 1:



Device 1


Device 2:


Device 2


Device 3:


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I can't see why such a device will require a fuse, and I couldn't find any other common components manufactured in cartridge cases, maybe I'm not using the correct name. I don't see them on any applications notes or reference designs for the ICs used either.


I've tried to figure out how they are connected to the circuit, I don't have schematics and PCBs are more than 2 layers so they may not be complete, but see the schematics I've figured below.


Device 1:


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Device 2:



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Device 3:


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Also, when I do a continuity test between the terminals of the components with a multimeter, resistance starts in ~50 Ohms range and goes down to short as I keep the probes on its terminals so my best guess is something for ESD protection, maybe Varistors or Thermistors?


Does anyone know what these components are and why they are there?



Answer



It's a tilt & vibration sensor SQ-SEN-200-IC (product page, manual).


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