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Issue A.2

01/09

Page 4 of 6

Hermetic Infrared Emitting Diode

OP230 Series

OP231, OP232, OP233 (including “W” devices)

Forward Voltage vs Forward Current vs

Temperature

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

0

1020

30

405060

70

8090

100

Forward Current (mA)

-60° C

-40° C

-20° C

0° C

20° C

40° C

60° C

80° C

100° C

120°C

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0

1020

3040

506070

8090

100

-60° C

-40° C

-20° C

0° C

20° C

40° C

60° C

80° C

100° C

120° C

Normalized at 50 mA and 20° C

Relative Radiant Intensity vs. Angular

Displacement

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

Angular Displacement (Degrees)

Distance vs Output Power vs Forward Current

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0.2 ''

0.4 ''

0.6 ''

0.8 ''

1.0 ''

1.2 ''

1.4 ''

1.6 ''

1.8 ''

2.0 ''

Distance (inches)

10 mA

20 mA

30 mA

40 mA

50 mA

60 mA

70 mA

80 mA

90 mA

100 mA

Normalized at 1" and 50 mA

Forward Current