Vishay rolls automotive-qualified photo detectors

PARIS – Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced it has introduced automotive-qualified PIN photodiodes and NPN planar phototransistors. Available in 1.8-mm gullwing and reverse gullwing surface-mount packages, the photo detectors are claimed to be sensitive to visible and near-infrared radiation and to offer a compact footprint of 2.3 mm by 2.3 mm by 2.8 mm.

Vishay said the AEC-Q101-qualified VEMD25x0X01 high-speed silicon PIN photodiodes and VEMT25x0X01 NPN planar phototransistors are suitable for light curtains, miniature switches, encoders and photo-interrupters in metering, automotive and printer applications. They also target detectors for visible and infrared emitter sources in proximity applications.

Vishay noted that photodiodes offer a 12-µA light current and spectral sensitivity range of 350 nm to 1120 nm, while the phototransistors offer a light current of 6 mA and spectral sensitivity range of 470 nm to 1090 nm. The VEMD25x0X01 and VEMT25x0X01 devices feature a 1 nA dark current, ± 15° angle of half sensitivity, and temperature range of - 40 °C to + 100 °C, and have a matching IR emitter in the high-intensity, high-speed VSMB20x0X01.

For additional information about Vishay's VEMD25x0X01 high-speed silicon PIN photodiode and VEMT25x0X01 NPN planar phototransistors, click here and there.