The LX 1970 is a new technology light sensor with a spectral sensitivity that emulates the human eye. It is ideal for monitoring ambient light for brightness control systems in displays. It has a unique photo diode arrangement with a maximum sensitivity at a wavelength of 520 nm while sharply attenuating both ultra-violet & infrared wavelengths. The photo sensor is a PIN diode array with a highly accurate, linear & repeatable current transfer function. Photo current is amplified by integrated high gain amplifiers & is supplied to two output pins: one a current source & the other a current sink. These currents can easily be converted to voltage by adding a single resistor at one or both outputs. Voltage gain is determined by the value of the resistor typically in the range 10 k& Omega to 50 k& Omega. Accurate internal gain amplifiers considerably reduces design complexity & costs. Properties: Comparable with human spectral sensitivity &
- Highly accurate & repeatable output current under uniform lighting conditions &
- Scalable voltage &
- Temperature stable &
- Complementary current outputs &
- No optical filters required.