New Applications of the Infrared Sensor

Infrared sensors with digital and analog output functionssolved. The detective threshold and distance are both
have been promoted recently to have their opticalfixed owing to the adoption of the fixed gain. Besides,
products enriched. Due to their fast response andonce the optical parameters of the light intensity of the
relatively low current, these best detectors have muchemitter, the hole diameter of the acceptor, the array of
more applications.both the emitter and the acceptor are determined, the
Some detective sensors could adjust their detectivesensor will be stay stable and repeatable under all the
threshold according to the surrounding light intensity andlighting conditions.
light noise. To avoid the detective mistakes whenOther applications require the sensor can not only
surrounded by noise, the amplifier gain will adjustdetect the existence of light but also can judge the
automatically to the low level which may affect thedistance of the object according to the condition of the
characters of a certain sensor. Meanwhile, the sensorsignal reflected. The new sensor will solve all these
will increase its gain at the condition of low light intensityproblems of the fixed threshold and the analog
to make the acceptor much more sensitive so that theinformation from the sensor. The impulse length made
sensor could detect the reflected light and theby the sensor will response according to the signal
unnecessary light and respond accordingly.emitted. For objects far away, the output impulse will
Infrared sensors with digital and analog output functionsbecome shorter. Related chip of the sensor is:
adopt fixed gain so that the above problems can be2SK3068.