ams OSRAM TCS3707 Color & Proximity Sensor

ams OSRAM TCS3707 Color and Proximity Sensor is a very high sensitivity light-to-digital converter that features ambient light and color (RGB) sensing, proximity, and flicker detection. The ambient light and color-sensing function provides Red, Green, Blue, Clear, and Wideband sensing channels concurrently. The RGB and Clear channels have a UV/IR blocking filter. This architecture accurately measures ambient light and enables the calculation of illuminance, chromaticity, and color temperature to manage display appearance. The architecture of the engine features self-maximizing dynamic range, ambient light subtraction, advanced optical crosstalk noise cancellation, data output, and an interrupt-driven 1.8V I²C communications interface. Sensitivity, power consumption, and noise can be optimized with adjustable IR LED timing and power.

The TCS3707 also embeds IR cross-talk rejection and, when paired with an IR emitter, produces reliable proximity detection.

The ams OSRAM TCS3707 Sensor Module is offered in a compact 2.0mm x 2.5mm x 0.5mm open-cavity quad flat no-leads (OQFN) package.

Features

Invisible ALS and color sensing under any glass type
- Configurable, high sensitivity
  - Programmable gain and integration time
  - 1024x dynamic range by gain adjustment only
  - 1mlux minimum detectable illuminance (100ms)
- Tailored ALS and color response
  - UV/IR blocking filter for RGBC channels
  - Wideband reference channel without filters
- ALS/color interrupt with thresholds
Integrated ambient light flicker detection on chip
- Independently configurable timing and gain
- Automatic gain adjustment
- 50Hz and 60Hz flicker detection flags
- Flicker detected interrupt

Unique fast ALS integration mode, flicker-immune ALS sensing within 10ms
Low power consumption and minimum I²C traffic
- 1.8V_DD operation
- Configurable sleep mode
- Interrupt-driven device
- On-chip self-calibration of ALS and proximity functions
Integrated status checking for all functions
- Digital and analog ALS saturation flags
- Proximity saturation flag