Flame Sensors
QFC Pyroelectric Infrared Flame Sensors, Analog
Overview
Applications
KEMET’sꢀQFCꢀpyroelectricꢀflameꢀsensorsꢀprovideꢀ
accurateꢀdiscriminationꢀofꢀflameꢀsourcesꢀinꢀtripleꢀIRꢀflameꢀ
detection systems, through their excellent signal to noise
characteristicꢀatꢀtheꢀsignatureꢀ8ꢀ–ꢀ10ꢀHzꢀflickerꢀrangeꢀofꢀaꢀ
flame.ꢀTheꢀsensorꢀelementꢀisꢀbuiltꢀintoꢀaꢀlowꢀnoiseꢀcircuitꢀ
thatꢀhasꢀanꢀinternalꢀCMOSꢀopꢀampꢀwithꢀaꢀ10ꢀGΩꢀfeedbackꢀ
resistorꢀoutputtingꢀaꢀvoltageꢀsignalꢀcentredꢀaroundꢀhalfꢀtheꢀ
supplyꢀrail.ꢀExceptionallyꢀhighꢀresponsivity,ꢀaꢀwideꢀfieldꢀofꢀ
viewꢀandꢀrapidꢀrecoveryꢀfromꢀthermalꢀandꢀelectricalꢀshocksꢀ
makesꢀitꢀtheꢀidealꢀsolutionꢀforꢀdemandingꢀflameꢀdetectionꢀ
applications.
• Industrial
• Oil and gas
•ꢀ Infrastructureꢀprotection
• Forest protection
Benefits
• Exceptionally high responsivity
•ꢀ Wideꢀfieldꢀofꢀview,ꢀtypicallyꢀ100°
(subjectꢀtoꢀfilterꢀbandꢀpassꢀspecification)
•ꢀ Rapidꢀrecoveryꢀfromꢀthermalꢀandꢀelectricalꢀshock
(<ꢀ1ꢀsecondꢀdowntime)
• TO39 package
• Analog output
• Integrated op amp
Ordering Information
USE
QFC
S
A
3381
0
0
Product
Family
Series
Sensor Type
Mounting Type
Specification
Packaging
0 = Bulk
Version
0
Sensors
QFC =
TO39 IR
Flame
S = Single
K = Evaluation Kit
A = Sensor Only
4 = Evaluation Kit
Type 4
0000 = Fixed
3381 = 3.38 µm bandpass
3911 = 3.91 µm bandpass
4351 = 4.35 µm bandpass
4481 = 4.48 µm bandpass
4551 = 4.55 µm bandpass
5001 = 5.00 µm cut on
5501 = 5.50 µm cut on
Sensors
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