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Issue A.1

01/07

Page 3 of 3

Plastic Infrared Emitting Diode

OP240 Series

OP245 Series

OP240, OP245 (A, B, C, D)

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

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

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

-65°C

-40°C

-20°C

+0°C

+20°C

+40°C

+60°C

+80°C

+100°C

+125°C

Normalized at 20 mA and 20

Distance vs Output Power vs Forward Current

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0.0

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

80 mA

100 mA

Normalized at 0.6" and 50 mA

Forward Current

Beam Angle

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

110%

-80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10

0

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Degrees