The iC-NE device is a light-grid receiver IC. Typical applications cover light curtains, light barriers and electro-sensitive protective equipment in general.
iC-NE contains a bandpass amplifier with a center frequency of typically 300 kHz, a differential current-signal output plus control logic to activate the amplifier and the output. Deactivated, the current consumption is very low and the current-signal outputs SN and SP are switched to high impedance (zero current).
