Photodiode vs photodetector

@aarthivg • 23 May, 2012 photo diode is used to convert light into either current or voltage.
And photo detector is a light sensor.

P.S: correct me if I am wrong

@Harshad Italiya • 24 May, 2012 • 1 like

proffy

hello,

Is there any difference between a photodiode and a photodetector as far as their principle of working and their application is concerned in electronic circuits.
PLEASE HELP

regards,
Proffy.

I think working principle of both Photodiode and Photodetector are same. Changes current passing thorough it changes based on the light falling.

@hsirah5 • 24 May, 2012 • 1 like proffy
Both Photo-detector and photo-diode are one and the same..😎 It works on the principle of conversion of light into electrical current...
aarthivg and godfather
Your understanding on the working is correct.. 😀

@munesh kumar • 29 Jul, 2012 @ photo-diode is a component in which a p-n junction exist.and the operation through photo diode in reverse bias and less sensitive .and photo detector or optical sensor may be npn or pnp type more sensitive and used with reflectors for industrial automation.

@Ramani Aswath • 29 Jul, 2012 Photo diode is one type of photo detector.
https://www.ele.uri.edu/courses/ele432/spring08/photo_detectors.pdf
https://physlab.lums.edu.pk/images/1/10/Photodiode_circuit.pdf

@[Prototype] • 30 Jul, 2012

bioramani

Photo diode is one type of photo detector.
https://www.ele.uri.edu/courses/ele432/spring08/photo_detectors.pdf
https://physlab.lums.edu.pk/images/1/10/Photodiode_circuit.pdf

This! I was gonna write that photodetector is actually a category in which photo diode is one of the element, but I just didn't to save myself embarrassment in case I have a misconception ..haha

Any component that is sensitive to light of any kind is a photodetector. Be it a photodiode, phototransistor or an LDR.

Just break the word photodetector, you get photo = Light and detector. So anything which detects light is a photodetector.