Renesas' ambient light sensors optimize display backlighting, enhance energy efficiency, and improve user experience with ultra-low light sensitivity, low power consumption, and precise spectral response. Our offerings include light-to-digital sensors with IR blocking filters and I2C interfaces, and light-to-analog solutions integrating photodiodes and amplifiers. Designed for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, these sensors deliver reliable performance even in demanding environments.
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Automotive Grade Ambient Light Sensors
The ISL76xx family features the first transparent package qualified for -40 to 105 degrees Celsius.
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Another area that Intersil has ICs is ambient light sensors. In the past, we've had a large market share in portable devices like handsets, cell phones, cameras, etc. with our ambient light sensors. These devices are now migrating into the vehicle. So, there's a few key areas that they're used. They're used for adjusting the brightness on the lighting on your dashboards. They're also used within the mirrors in the vehicle where there is a sensor at the back of the mirror and a sensor now in the front of the mirror, where you actually, you detect the difference in light coming from headlights before you or from behind you. So, our ambient light sensors are designed specifically to meet automotive requirements. We are the only ambient light sensor supplier worldwide that meets the full requirements up to a 105 °C for our ambient light sensor packaging. All our competitors, the best they can get is up to 85 °C.
So, if you have an application where your ambient light sensor is on your dashboard or at the back of the mirror, overtime that will degrade with performance if it's only rated to 85 °C. So, our devices today are the only ones in the market rated to actually meet that requirement.
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