APDS-9008
Miniature Surface-Mount Ambient Light Photo Sensor
Data Sheet
Description
The APDS-9008 is a low cost analog-output ambient
light photo sensor in miniature chipLED lead-free surface
mount package. It consists of a spectrally suited photo
sensor, which provides excellent responsivity that is close
to the response of the human eyes, as show in gure 2.
The APDS-9008 is ideal for applications in which the mea-
surement of ambient light is used to control display back-
lighting. Mobile appliances such as the mobile phones
and PDAs that draw heavy current from display backlight-
ing will benet from incorporating these photo sensor
products in their designs by reducing power consump-
tion signicantly.
Application Support Information
The Application Engineering Group is available to assist
you with the application design associated with APDS-
9008 ambient light photo sensor module. You can con-
tact them through your local sales representatives for ad-
ditional details.
Features
• Excellent responsivity
- Close responsivity to the human eye
• Miniature ChipLED Leadfree surface-mount package
Height – 0.55 mm
Width – 1.60 mm
Depth – 1.50 mm
• Low sensitivity variation across various light sources
• Operating temperature : -40°C to 85°C
• Vcc supply 1.6 to 5.5V
• Lead-free package, RoHS compliance
• Output linearity across wide illumination range
• High output saturation voltage
Applications
• Detection of ambient light to control display
backlighting
Mobile devices – Mobile phones, PDAs
Computing devices – Notebooks, Webpads
Consumer devices – TVs, Video Cameras, Digital
Still Camera
• Automatic Residential and Commercial Lighting
Management
• Electronic Signs and Signals
