Members can download this article in PDF format. Light sensors detect the presence or absence of light, and the intensity of that light. These sensors then convert light energy into an electrical ...

This post sponsored by Texas Instruments. The OPT3001 sensor accurately measures the intensity of light visible to the human eye regardless of light source. Its precision spectral response tightly ...

Simply stated, ambient light sensing (ALS) is the ability to measure the brightness of light incident on a surface. It is often useful to utilize this brightness information to control certain aspects ...

Mounted behind an OLED display, the TMD3719 ALS/proximity/flicker sensor enables OEMs to design smartphones that have no bezel and so maximize screen-to-body ratio Patent-pending innovations provide ...

Since the backlight of the LCD panel in a smartphone accounts for around 40% of the device’s total power consumption, one can benefit greatly by adjusting the brightness in response to changes in ...

Metasurface converts Gaussian beams to uniform light via polarization encoding, boosting NMR co-magnetometer sensitivity 23% for compact quantum sensors.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical information processing is a critical technology for applications ranging from machine vision to high-speed optical communication. However, current photodetection systems ...