Bansilal Ramnath Agrawal Charitable Trust’s

vishwakarma Institute of information technology

An Autonomous Institute affiliated to SPPU
Department Of Engineering and Applied Sciences
INFRARED SENSORS
BATCH : C1

SR NAME ROLL NO. GR NO.

NO.
1. Deepraj Deshmukh 253007 21911116

2. Malhar Harak 253015 21910238

3. Harshad Jadhav 253017 21911023

4. Sayam Jain 253018 21910422

 INTRODUCTION
• An infrared (IR) sensor is an electronic device that measures
and detects infrared radiation in its surrounding environment.
• IR is invisible to the human eye, as its wavelength is longer
than that of visible light. Anything that emits heat gives off
infrared radiation.
 Working Principle Of IR Sensors
• Planck’s radiation law
• Stephan Boltzmann law
• Wein’s Displacement law
 IR SENSORS TYPES AND WORKING
• There are two types of infrared sensors: active and passive.
A. Active IR Sensors:-
• Active infrared sensors both emit and detect infrared radiation.
Active IR sensors have two parts: a light emitting diode (LED)
and a receiver. When an object comes close to the sensor, the
infrared light from the LED reflects off of the object and is
detected by the receiver.
• Active IR sensors act as proximity sensors.
 IR SENSORS TYPES AND WORKING
B) Passive IR Sensors (PIR):-
• Passive infrared (PIR) sensors only detect infrared
radiation and do not emit it from an LED.
• Passive infrared sensors are comprised of:
1. Two strips of pyroelectric material
2. An infrared filter
3. A fresnel lens
4. A housing unit
 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
A. ADVANTAGES:-
1) It provides secured communication due to line of sight or
point-to-point mode of communication.
2) The battery used in infrared devices last for long duration
due to lower power consumption.
3) Infrared motion sensors detect motion in daytime and
nightime reliably.
B. DISADVANTAGES:-
1) Infrared frequencies are affected by hard objects (e.g.
walls, doors)
2) Infrared waves at high power can damage eyes.
3) It supports lower data rate transmission compare to
wired transmission.
 APPLICATION OF IR SENSOR
A) Radiation Thermometers
IR sensors are used in radiation thermometers to measure
the temperature depend upon the temperature and the
material of the object and these thermometers have some
of the following features:
• Measurement without direct contact with the object
• Faster response
• Easy pattern measurements
B) IR Imaging Devices
• IR image device is one of the major applications of IR
waves, primarily by virtue of its property that is not
visible. It is used for thermal imagers, night vision
devices, etc.
 APPLICATION OF IR SENSORS
C) Moisture Analyzers
• Moisture analyzers use wavelengths which are
absorbed by the moisture in the IR region.
Objects are irradiated with light Then, Lights
reflected from the objects tells us about the
moisture content and is detected by analyzer to
measure moisture.
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