Profile: Hamamatsu Photonics (UK) Ltd specializes in fibre optic and test equipment. Our product line includes silicon photodiode series, detectors, position sensitive detectors, optical communication devices, image sensors and laser and fiber optic measurement. Our silicon photodiode arrays consist of multiple photodiode elements, formed in a linear or matrix arrangement in one package. Some arrays are supplied coupled with a CMOS multiplexer. The multiplexer simplifies design and reduces the cost of the output electronic circuit. Silicon photodiode arrays are used in a wide range of applications such as laser beam position detection, color measurement and spectrophotometry. Our S10942-01CT is a color sensor molded into a plastic package having a 3-channel (RGB) photodiode sensitive to the red (λ=590 nm Min.), green (λ=480 to 600 nm) and blue (λ=400 to 540 nm) regions of the spectrum. When compared to the previous model (S9702) the S10942-01CT has a significantly miniaturized package size by 80% in cubic volume and PC board mount space by 77% in area. The S10942-01CT is ideal for RGB-LCD backlight monitors installed in such as mobile phones.