Sponsored Content APDS-9120 is an integrated optical proximity sensor that combines built-in signal conditioning and space-saving packaging technology.

The optical proximity sensor requires one rectangular black shape or two large holes on the screen, these sensors detect when users are in call mode so the touchscreen can be deactivated.

San Jose, Calif.—Avago Technologies has developed an ultra-thin integrated optical proximity sensor for use in a wide range of portable consumer electronic devices, and personal computers. Avago's ...

Proximity sensors, which detect when your ear and cheek are about come into contact with a a touchscreen, have been a standard part of modern day smartphones. Elliptic Labs believes it has come up ...

This development is expected to help streamline smartphone designs and bring down costs by eliminating the need for a traditional optical proximity sensor.

Elliptical Labs has found a way to replace a staple of smartphones — the hardware optical proximity sensor — with an ultrasound software solution.

Compact mobile devices have a new miniature, low-cost optical proximity sensor at the ready. In mobile phones, for example, the HSDL-9100-021 sensor makes it possible to automatically ...

Integrating an optical touch switch in their compact, surface-mount packages, the SFH7740 and SFH7741 proximity sensors use distance measurements to detect a mobile device’s operating ...

Smartphones can have proximity sensing without requiring a hardware optical sensor, according to a Norway-based software company.

Elliptic Labs has announced their new BEAUTY Ultrasound Proximity software that has the potential to replace proximity sensors on future smartphones.