IST Innovative Sensor Technology Hispower series by Infrasolid说明书用户手册.pdf

TECHNICAL NOTE Operating mode recommendation for HISpower series TO-8 Thermal Infrared Emitters INFRASOLIDs infrared (IR) emitter are powerful and high- For applications that require a small and low-cost driving efficient IR radiation sources that meet the demands for circuit with a maximum stability close to a power regula- reliable and high-precision gas sensors and offer a wide ted mode a simple circuit with an adjustable low drop- range of application scenarios in IR spectroscopy. Infra- out voltage (LDO) regulator is proposed (Fig. 1). The LDO solids IR emitters are characterized by a very low tempe- regulator is a linear voltage regulator that regulates the rature coefficient of electrical resistance. Therefore the drive voltage of the IR emitter even when the supply vol- hot resistance and the cold resistance are almost iden- tage is very close to the output voltage. This enables a tical which eases the electrical control of the IR sources. wide range of input voltage and is also of advantage in battery-powered applications. A single external resistor All IR sources can be driven in electrical voltage, current R3 is used to set a current limit and, hence, a power limit. or power regulated mode. The application decides whet- If the circuit is correctly dimensioned and adjusted in its her the operating mode is DC or AC (pulsed). Depending operating point to the electrical resistance of the IR emit- on the drive mode and the applied electrical power the ter, the electrical drive power remains constant for small electrical resistance of the IR emitter can change over resistance changes and over a wide input voltage and time. For highest measurement accuracy a power regu- temperature range. lated mod