Description

The TCS3404 and TCS3414 digital color light sensors are designed to accurately derive the color chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light and provide a digital output with 16-bits of resolution. The devices include an 8 × 2 array of filtered photodiodes, analog-to-digital converters, and control functions on a single monolithic CMOS integrated circuit. Of the 16 photodiodes, 4 have red filters, 4 have green filters, 4 have blue filters, and 4 have no filter (clear). With the advanced patent pending in-package trim capability, device-to-device and system-to-system tolerance can be minimized allowing very precise repeatability to be attained.

Features

● Programmable Interrupt Function with

User-Defined Upper and Lower Threshold

Settings

● Internal Filter Eliminates Signal Fluctuation

Due to AC Lighting Flicker — No External

Capacitor Required

● In-Package Trim Provides an Easy and

Accurate Means to Achieve

System-to-System Repeatability

● 16-Bit Digital Output with I2C at 400 kHz

● Programmable Analog Gain and Integration

Time Supporting 1,000,000-to-1 Dynamic

Range

● SYNC Input Synchronizes Integration Cycle

to Modulated Light Sources (e.g. PWM)

● Operating Temperature Range

−40C to 85C (CS Package)

−30C to 70C (FN Package)

● Operating voltage of 2.7 V to 3.6 V

● Available in Both an FN and a CS Package.

The CS Package is the Industry’s Smallest

Digital RGB Color Sensor

Applications

● Provides Method to Derive Chromaticity

Coordinates to Manage Display

Backlighting (i.e. RGB LED, CCFL, etc.)

● Provides Means to Derive Color

Temperature to White-Color Balance

Displays Under Various Lighting

Conditions

End Products and Market Segments

● HDTVs

● Tablets, Laptops, Monitors

● Medical Instrumentation

● Consumer Toys

● Industrial/Commercial Lighting

● Industrial Process Control