Vishay Intertechnology Launches Integrated RGBW Color Sensor With I²C Interface in Compact 2 mm by 1.25 mm by 1.0 mm Package
February 12 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Sensor’s Filtron™ Technology Offers an
Excellent RGBW Spectral Sensitivity
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:
VSH) today introduced a new digital RGBW sensor featuring Filtron™
technology for accurate RGBW spectral sensitivity while providing
ambient light spectral sensitivity with responses close to that of
the human eye. Vishay Semiconductors’ VEML6040 incorporates
photo-pin-diodes (RGBW) and a signal processing IC in a compact 2.0
mm by 1.25 mm by 1.0 mm surface-mount package while offering an I²C
bus interface for simple operation.
The device released today senses red, green, blue, and white
light, and it offers 16-bit resolution for each color channel. The
VEML6040 is ideal for consumer devices such as smartphones, digital
cameras, and televisions, where it allows the brightness and color
temperature of backlighting to be adjusted based on ambient light,
making LCD and LED panels more comfortable for end users’ eyes.
Containing the circuitry needed for color balancing, backlight
control, and color temperature measurement in one device, the
sensor saves space, lowers costs, and simplifies designs by
eliminating the need for an external resistor.
The VEML6040’s built-in ambient light photo-diode offers
extremely high sensitivity, with detection from 0.0056 lx to 11.7
klx, allowing the device to operate in applications with dark lens
designs. The sensor provides fluorescent light flicker immunity,
low power in shutdown mode of < 1 µA, and excellent temperature
compensation stability from -40 °C to +85 °C.
The device features an operating voltage and I²C bus voltage
range of 2.5 V to 3.6 V and is offered in a lead (Pb)-free, 4-pin
OPLGA package. The VEML6040 is RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and
Vishay GREEN.
Samples and production quantities of the new color sensor are
available now, with lead times of six to eight weeks for large
orders.
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a Fortune 1000 Company
listed on the NYSE (VSH), is one of the world's largest
manufacturers of discrete semiconductors (diodes, MOSFETs, and
infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components
(resistors, inductors, and capacitors). These components are used
in virtually all types of electronic devices and equipment, in the
industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications,
military, aerospace, power supplies, and medical markets. Vishay’s
product innovations, successful acquisition strategy, and "one-stop
shop" service have made it a global industry leader. Vishay can be
found on the Internet at www.vishay.com.
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Link to product datasheet:http://www.vishay.com/ppg?84276
(VEML6040)
Link to product
photo:https://www.flickr.com/photos/vishay/16265447850/sizes/l
Vishay IntertechnologyAndrew Post, +1
610-251-5287andrew.post@vishay.com
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