Aimed at portable applications such as cell phones and laptops, the EL7900 ambient light sensor uses a photodiode and current amplifier to produce a linear output current that can be converted into a ...

From autonomous vehicles to optical testing, these sensors bring high performance infrared detection into real-world systems.

Imec, the Leuven, Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nano- and digital technologies, has announced the successful integration of a “pinned photodiode structure” in thin-film image sensors.

Single junction type (a) and the proposed double junction type (b) solar cells are compared with the conventional TANDEM type (c) and the proposed face-to-face type (d) multi-junction connections. A ...

Ultra-sensitive infrared detectors originally built for defense and telecoms are moving into premium hunting and long-range ...

The sensor shown in Fig. 1 (C; from TAOS, Plano, Tex.) has two white LEDs and an 8 by 8 array of photodiodes: 16 photodiodes have blue filters, 16 photodiodes have green filters, 16 photodiodes have ...

Phlux Technology, a manufacturer of avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors, has announced that its patented Noiseless ...

IR sensors rely on an emitter (IR LED) and a detector (photodiode or photoresistor) to measure infrared light and convert it ...