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Low Power Ambient Light and Proximity Sensor with
Enhanced Infrared Rejection
ISL29147
The ISL29147 is a low power Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) and
proximity (PROX) sensor. It has a built-in IR-LED for the
proximity function. The ALS function measures the amount of
light (in the visible spectrum) incident on the ISL29147.
The ALS function has a programmable ambient IR-rejection,
which allows fine tuning of light source variations and is ideal
for light sensor applications under dark protective glass. The
ALS provides a 12-bit measurement. A passive optical filter
removes unwanted wavelengths (IR or Ultraviolet) to ensure
accurate ALS measurement.
The proximity function includes a new offset adjustment to
compensate for the IR light reflected off the inside of the
protective glass cover and back to the ISL29147 sensor. This
offset adjustment allows the sensor to compensate for these
internal reflections and preserve the dynamic range of the
proximity measurement.
The built-in current-driver pulses an external infrared LED at a
programmed current for 90µs. The infrared light that is
reflected and received by the ISL29147 is digitized by an 8-bit
ADC. The proximity sensor also has a passive optical filter
designed to pass IR and reject visible wavelengths.
The ISL29147 provides a hardware pin to indicate an interrupt
event. The interrupt pin saves power as the host microcontroller
can ‘wake-up’ on an interrupt event and does not need to poll
the device for an interrupt event. The interrupt generator is
user configurable and provides several options for ALS and
PROX trigger configurations. The ISL29147 supports an SMBus
compatible I
2
C interface for configuration and control.
Features
• Internal IR-LED and sensor for a complete solution
• Ideal for applications under dark or tinted glass
• Enhanced ambient sunlight rejection to 40k Lux
• Programmable proximity sleep time between proximity
measurements optimizes power consumption
• Hardware interrupt - no polling required
• Programmable IR compensation to fine-tune ALS
performance for various glass compositions
• Programmable IR LED drive current to 250mA
• Operates from 2.25V to 3.63V V
DD
• Power-down I
DD,
typical 0.2µA
DC
• Tiny 2.40x4x1.2 (mm) optical co-package
Applications
• Display dimming and adjustment
- Mobile devices: smart phones, PDA, GPS
- Computing: monitors, laptops, notebooks
- Picture frames, tablet-PCs, LCD-TV
• Object detection
- Touchscreen disabling
-Smart power-saving
FIGURE 1. TYPICAL APPLICATIONS CIRCUIT FIGURE 2. PROXIMITY SENSITIVITY
5
6
7
8
4
3
2
1
VDD
SCL
GND
LED+
SDA
INT
IRDR
LED-
ISL29147
C
1
, C
2
: 1µF CERAMIC 10V CAPACITOR
INT
SDA
SCL
SMBus MASTER
V
DD
_IRLED
V
DD
C
2
1µF
C
1
1µF
VDD_PULLUP
U1
INT PULLUPs
SCL, SDA and
R
1
100Ω
R
1
: 100Ω 5% RESISTOR
0
50 100
150
P
R
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M
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TY
C
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N
TS
DISTANCE (mm)
IRDR 125mA
IRDR 250mA
0
50
100
150
200
250
January 6, 2015
FN8409.3
CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.
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