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Vishay ESTA electrical components are current-limiting elements. When a resistor is connected in a circuit, its resistance is fixed, typically with two pins, and it limits the current flowing through the branch to which it is connected. Resistors with unchangeable resistance are called fixed resistors. Those with variable resistance are called potentiometers or variable resistors. An ideal resistor is linear, meaning the instantaneous current through the resistor is proportional to the applied instantaneous voltage. Variable resistors used for voltage division have one or two movable metal contacts pressed tightly against the exposed resistive body. The contact position determines the resistance between either end of the resistive body and the contact. A two-terminal device where terminal voltage and current have a definite functional relationship, reflecting the ability to convert electrical energy into other forms, is represented by the letter R, with the unit ohm Ω. Actual devices such as light bulbs, heating wires, and resistors can all be represented as resistor elements. The resistance value of a resistive element is generally related to temperature, material, length, and cross-sectional area. The physical quantity measuring the extent to which resistance is affected by temperature is the temperature coefficient, defined as the percentage change in resistance value when the temperature increases by 1 ℃. The main physical characteristic of a resistor is converting electrical energy into thermal energy; it can also be described as a dissipative element, generating internal energy as current passes through it. Resistors typically serve voltage division and current shunting functions in circuits. For signals, both AC and DC signals can pass through resistors.

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In addition to the function of photodiodes to convert optical signals into electrical signals, phototransistors also have the function of amplifying electrical signals. The appearance of a phototransistor is not much different from that of a general transistor. Generally, a phototransistor only leads out two terminals—the emitter and the collector—while the base is not led out. The casing also has a window to allow light to enter. To increase light exposure, the base region area is made large, while the emitter region is small, so incident light is mainly absorbed by the base region. During operation, the collector junction is reverse-biased, and the emitter junction is forward-biased. In the absence of light, the current flowing through the tube is the dark current Iceo = (1 + β) Icbo (very small), which is smaller than the penetration current of general transistors; when illuminated, a large number of electron-hole pairs are excited, causing the base current Ib to increase. The current flowing through the tube at this moment is called photocurrent, and the emitter current Ie = (11 + β) Ib. It can be seen that phototransistors have higher sensitivity than photodiodes.

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Photoelectric sensors generally consist of 2 parts: processing channels and processing elements. Their basic principle is based on the photoelectric effect, converting changes in the measured quantity into changes in optical signals, and then further converting non-electrical signals into electrical signals using photoelectric elements. The photoelectric effect refers to illuminating an object with light, which can be viewed as a series of photons with certain energy bombarding the object. At this time, photon energy is transferred to electrons, and the entire energy of one photon is absorbed by one electron at once. After gaining the energy transferred by the photon, the state of the electron changes, thereby producing corresponding electrical effects in the illuminated object. The photoelectric effect is usually divided into 8 categories: (1) The phenomenon where electrons overflow from the object's surface under the action of light is called the external photoelectric effect, such as in phototubes and photomultiplier tubes; (2) The phenomenon where the resistivity of an object changes under the action of light is called the internal photoelectric effect, such as in photoresistors and phototransistors; (3) The phenomenon where an object generates an electromotive force in a certain direction under the action of light is called the photovoltaic effect, such as in solar cells. Photoelectric detection methods have advantages such as high precision, fast response, and non-contact operation, and can measure many parameters. The sensor structure is simple and flexible in form, so photoelectric sensors are widely used in detection and control. Photoelectric sensors are key components for achieving photoelectric conversion in various photoelectric detection systems; they are devices that convert optical signals (visible and ultraviolet laser light) into electrical signals. Photoelectric sensors use photoelectric devices as conversion elements. They can be used to detect non-electrical physical quantities that directly cause changes in light quantity, such as light intensity, illuminance, radiation temperature measurement, and gas composition analysis; they can also be used to detect other non-electrical quantities that can be converted into changes in light quantity, such as part diameter, surface roughness, strain, displacement, vibration, speed, acceleration, as well as object shape and working status recognition. Photoelectric sensors have characteristics such as non-contact operation, fast response, and reliable performance, so they are widely used in industrial automation devices and robots. New photoelectric devices continue to emerge, especially the birth of CCD image sensors, which has opened a new chapter for the further application of photoelectric sensors.

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Sensitivity refers to the ratio of the change in output quantity to the change in input quantity under steady-state operating conditions of a sensor. It is the slope of the output-input characteristic curve. If there is a linear relationship between the sensor's output and input, then the sensitivity S is a constant. Otherwise, it will vary with changes in the input quantity. The dimension of sensitivity is the ratio of the dimensions of the output and input quantities. When the dimensions of the sensor's output and input quantities are the same, sensitivity can be understood as the amplification factor. Increasing sensitivity can achieve higher measurement precision. However, the higher the sensitivity, the narrower the measurement range, and the stability is often poorer.

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