Description
The TCS3404 and TCS3414 digital color light sensors are designed to accurately derive the color chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light and provide a digital output with 16-bits of resolution. The devices include an 8 × 2 array of filtered photodiodes, analog-to-digital converters, and control functions on a single monolithic CMOS integrated circuit. Of the 16 photodiodes, 4 have red filters, 4 have green filters, 4 have blue filters, and 4 have no filter (clear). With the advanced patent pending in-package trim capability, device-to-device and system-to-system tolerance can be minimized allowing very precise repeatability to be attained.

Features
● Programmable Interrupt Function with
   User-Defined Upper and Lower Threshold
   Settings
● Internal Filter Eliminates Signal Fluctuation
   Due to AC Lighting Flicker — No External
   Capacitor Required
● In-Package Trim Provides an Easy and
   Accurate Means to Achieve
   System-to-System Repeatability
● 16-Bit Digital Output with I2C at 400 kHz
● Programmable Analog Gain and Integration
   Time Supporting 1,000,000-to-1 Dynamic
   Range
● SYNC Input Synchronizes Integration Cycle
   to Modulated Light Sources (e.g. PWM)
● Operating Temperature Range
   −40C to 85C (CS Package)
   −30C to 70C (FN Package)
● Operating voltage of 2.7 V to 3.6 V
● Available in Both an FN and a CS Package.
   The CS Package is the Industry’s Smallest
   Digital RGB Color Sensor

Applications
● Provides Method to Derive Chromaticity
   Coordinates to Manage Display
   Backlighting (i.e. RGB LED, CCFL, etc.)
● Provides Means to Derive Color
   Temperature to White-Color Balance
   Displays Under Various Lighting
   Conditions

End Products and Market Segments
● HDTVs
● Tablets, Laptops, Monitors
● Medical Instrumentation
● Consumer Toys
● Industrial/Commercial Lighting
● Industrial Process Control