Plastic Infrared Emitting Diode
OP240 Series
OP245 Series
OP240, OP245 (A, B, C, D)
Forward Voltage vs Forward Current vs
Temperature
1.8
1.7
1.6
Typical Forward Voltage (V)
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Forward Current (mA)
-65°C
-40°C
-20°C
+0°C
+20°C
+40°C
+60°C
+80°C
+100°C
+125°C
Optical Power vs I
F
vs Temp
4.0
Normalized at 20 mA and 20
o
C
3.5
-65°C
-40°C
-20°C
+0°C
+20°C
+40°C
+60°C
+80°C
+100°C
+125°C
3.0
Normalized Optical Power
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Forward Current I
F
(mA)
Distance vs Output Power vs Forward Current
9
Normalized at 0.6" and 50 mA
8
Forward Current
7
10 mA
20 mA
30 mA
40 mA
50 mA
60 mA
80 mA
100 mA
100%
90%
80%
110%
Beam Angle
Normalized Output Power
Normalized Radiance
2.0
6
5
4
3
2
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
1
0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
10%
0%
-80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Distance (inches)
Degrees
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