Industrial Electronics

Activity 4:

Optoelectronic Devices

Name: Boaloy, Evan C.

Course & Year : BSEE 3A

Instructions:
a. Answer each question on a separate piece of paper. Please save in PDF
Format for easier checking.
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down to avoid confusions when checking.
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or email (sir.kristoffer.jan@gmail.com).

Required:
1. Give TWO (2) real-world applications of the following optoelectronic devices
and the functions they perform for each application.
a. Light-emitting Diodes
b. Photodiodes
c. Photoconductive Cells
d. IR Emitters
e. Solar Cells

Optoelectronic Devices Practical Application How they Function

a. Indicators and signs a. The low power consumption, low
maintenance and small size of LEDs have
led to them being used as status indicators
and indicators in a wide variety of devices
and installations. Visual signals in which
light passes more or less directly from the
Light-emitting Diodes
source to the human eye to convey a
message or meaning.
b. Automotive Lighting b. LEDs save energy and improve visibility.
Lighting in which light is reflected from objects
to create a visual response to those objects.
These are often used at the rear and front of
the car to ensure better accessibility. LED
lighting can improve safety for pedestrians and
drivers by improving visibility when turning on
and off and by dimming the light while driving.
 a. Photoelectric Smoke a. Inside this circular device is an enclosed
Detector space where, on one end, a beam of
infrared light (or light from a LED) travels
unblocked toward the other end of the
enclosure where a photodiode (a tiny,
tubular component that turns light into
electric current) is mounted. Smoke
particles scatter the previously straight light
beam and cause some of it to hit the
Photodiodes photodiode.

b. Phototube or b. combination of high gain, low noise, very

Photo-electric cell fast response, and large light collection area
cannot presently be matched by any solid-
state circuitry and photomultipliers are an
application of vacuum-tube technology
which is still at the forefront of valuable
electronic techniques.
It consists of a photo-sensitive cathode in a
vacuum (or, sometimes, very low-pressure
gas) tube which when illuminated emits
electrons which move to a positively biased
anode, allowing a current to flow which is
proportional to the light intensity.
a. Optical detectors / a. (Photoconductive) The incoming light
photon detectors produces free electrons which can carry
electrical current so that the electrical
conductivity of the detector material
changes as a function of the intensity of the
incident light. Photoconductive detectors
are fabricated from semiconductor materials
such as silicon.
Photoconductive Cells
b. Densitometer b. Optical densitometers are useful tools in
cardiovascular disease diagnosis and
cardiovascular research. The main purpose
of the electronic circuitry of a densitometer
is to convert the output signal of the light-
sensitive detector into a signal that is
exactly proportional to the relative density of
the blood or the concentration of the
indicator dye in the blood. The use of
photoconductive cells in the detector
system eliminates the need for
complex electronic circuits.
a. Infrared a. a non-contact temperature measuring
(IR) thermometers devices that detect infrared radiation from
the surface of all objects and calculate it to
IR Emitters relevant temperature readings.
IR

b. infrared b. an instrument that passes infrared light

IR

spectrophotometer through an organic molecule and produces

a spectrum that contains a plot of the
amount of light transmitted on the vertical
axis against the wavelength of infrared
radiation on the horizontal axis.

a. Solar Water Pump a. The photovoltaic system converts solar

energy into electricity, which is used to
operate the motor pump unit. The pumping
system draws water from the open well,
well, stream, pond, canal, etc. The system
requires a shadow-free area for the
installation of solar panels. The use of solar
cells in the water pump system eliminates
Solar Cells
the need for extension cables when used in
a different location.

b. Calculator b. Solar-powered calculators are small

portable devices that use energy from solar
cells to function. Solar cells, also known as
photovoltaic cells, use energy from light
(artificial or real) and convert it into
electricity that powers the computer. Solar
powered calculators are very common
because almost all basic calculators use
solar cells.