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Issue A

07/06

Page 4 of 4

Plastic Infrared Emitting Diode

OP265, OP266 Series

(A, B, C, D, W)

OP265, OP266 (A, B, C, D, W)

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

10

20

30

40506070

80

90

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

10

203040

5060708090

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