APDS-9120 is an integrated optical proximity sensor that combines built-in signal conditioning and space-saving packaging technology. This optical proximity sensor provides ease of implementation as ...

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. introduces the MAX44000, a digital ambient-light and infrared proximity sensor that detects light like a human eye. Maxim Integrated Products Inc. introduces the ...

San Jose, Calif.—Avago Technologies has developed an ultra-thin integrated optical proximity sensor for use in a wide range of portable consumer electronic devices, and personal computers. Avago's ...

Proximity sensors detect objects without physical contact. ... allowing them to replace optical devices. A typical capacitive proximity sensor has a 10-mm sensing range and is 30 mm in diameter.

Optical proximity sensors can be found in most smartphones and they perform a number of functions. For example, the sensors turn off the screen when you’re taking a call, ...

Integrating an optical touch switch in their compact, surface-mount packages, the SFH7740 and SFH7741 proximity sensors use distance measurements to detect a mobile device’s operating ...

Elliptic Labs has found a way to replace a staple of smartphones — the hardware optical proximity sensor — with an ultrasound software solution. Proximity sensors are a key component that turn ...

When you make a phone call, there's a reason your ear doesn't press all the on-screen buttons. The optical sensor near the earpiece is that reason. Thing is, the sensor needs an opening to see if ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors of Germany has unveiled two optical proximity sensors that it says will help to prolong the battery lifetime in devices such as mobile phones and digital cameras. The SFH7740 ...