photodiode
noun
pho·to·di·ode
ˌfō-tō-ˈdī-ˌōd 
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)
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Moreover, advances in lidar for autonomous vehicles have led to more efficient photodiodes for converting light to electricity.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
To break it down even further, infrared LEDs and photodiodes sensors team up to figure out your heart rate by shining light into your skin and measuring how much bounces back.
—Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
Underneath the skin of each finger is a flexible reflective membrane, and under that membrane is an array of LEDs along with an array of photodiodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023
That photodiode was then connected to an analog-to-digital converter and a standard PC, which translated the sensor’s voltage output to data that represents the real-time fluctuations of the light reflecting from whatever object the telescope points at.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
Eventually meters equipped with photodiodes and optical sensors were devised to read the strips more precisely.
—Boris Kovatchev, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2021
The Ben Gurion team found that using a photodiode was more effective and efficient than a camera, allowing easier long-range listening with a new range of objects and offering real-time results.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
The Front Deep Trench Isolation (FDTI) allows each photodiode to absorb and hold more light information.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Sep. 2021
Light sensors use a device known as a photodiode to turn light into an electrical current.
—Nicole McFarlane, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
To break it down even further, infrared LEDs and photodiodes sensors team up to figure out your heart rate by shining light into your skin and measuring how much bounces back.
—Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
Underneath the skin of each finger is a flexible reflective membrane, and under that membrane is an array of LEDs along with an array of photodiodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023
That photodiode was then connected to an analog-to-digital converter and a standard PC, which translated the sensor’s voltage output to data that represents the real-time fluctuations of the light reflecting from whatever object the telescope points at.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
Eventually meters equipped with photodiodes and optical sensors were devised to read the strips more precisely.
—Boris Kovatchev, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2021
The Ben Gurion team found that using a photodiode was more effective and efficient than a camera, allowing easier long-range listening with a new range of objects and offering real-time results.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
The Front Deep Trench Isolation (FDTI) allows each photodiode to absorb and hold more light information.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Sep. 2021
Light sensors use a device known as a photodiode to turn light into an electrical current.
—Nicole McFarlane, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2020
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1945, in the meaning defined above
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photodiode
noun
pho·to·di·ode
-ˈdī-ˌōd
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)
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