Editor’s note: This article will be in two parts. Part 1 is component-related and Part 2 is applications. Please also see Planet Analog blog “LEDs Are Photodiodes Too” as an intro to this article.

Powerful, inexpensive and even flexible when they need to be, organic photodiodes are a promising alternative to silicon-based photodetectors. They are used to improve light sensitivity in cameras and ...

Providing a reflective sensor that can sort or match surfaces by color, the OPB780 reflective-color-sensing assembly has a high-resolution digital measurement of the red, green, and blue components of ...

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 ...

1300-1650nm light source and photodetector integrated into one package SHIMOTSUKE-SHI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyoto Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Yoshihisa Shinya, Headquarters: ...

Scientists have developed a fully transparent skin sensor that accurately measures UV radiation, detecting light and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A new quantum sensor for measuring photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was designed using a gallium arsenide photodiode. This sensor is ...

Earlier today, Sony’s semiconductor division announced the development of the world’s first stacked CMOS imaging sensor with two layers of transistor pixels. This new design is significant because it ...

In providing heart-rate detection, a PPG sensor faces challenges that can be impacted by the wearable’s industrial design. This article discusses how to properly design these devices to improve ...

Watches that provide heart-rate monitoring look similar look to their analog or mechanical counterparts. All of these devices have familiar watch faces and wrist bands. However, inside the digital ...