Proximity sensor
Build a reflective infrared proximity sensor hypothesis with separate emitter, detector and readout; interference and optical packaging remain unknown Discovery hypothesis; target capability is unverified.
Discovered · unresearchedClosure: OpenInventory incomplete
Capability requirements and tolerances
Consumer-specific numerical targets, quantities and acceptance limits remain open or incompletely reviewed. No smartphone-grade suitability is claimed. Distinct capability tiers require their own making route and qualification.
Making steps · draft selected for navigation; not a validated fabrication specification.
Known Parts and Tools
The selected route supplies this page's inventory and the map's dependency links from one record. Further requirements may be missing; review flags do not prove physical suitability.
| Requirement | Role | Use | Relationship status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photodiode die | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Proximity infrared emitter | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Sensor readout die | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Chip package substrate | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Chip packaging equipment | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Sensor calibration equipment | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Optical instruments | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Chip bonding wire | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Die attach material | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Chip encapsulation compound | Part | incorporated or consumed; allocation not yet specified | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Cleanroom | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Electrostatic protection | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
| Jigs and fixtures | Tool | reused equipment | Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown |
Making outline
- Build a reflective infrared proximity sensor hypothesis with separate emitter, detector and readout; interference and optical packaging remain unknown
- Develop a bounded process specification and establish earlier availability of every listed physical prerequisite.
- Make trial pieces, measure interfaces and performance with independently established references, and reject incompatible outputs.
What remains unresolved
- Identified requirement; no researched making route or qualified output yet.
- Discovery hypothesis only: quantitative demands, full recipe, quantities, losses, compatibility and acceptance remain to be researched.
- Selected wirebond package hypothesis does not establish flagship I/O density, power delivery, size or thermal capability; flip-chip bump/underfill architecture is a separate OR alternative requiring its own complete inventory.
Earlier research provenance
- proposals/2026-10-08-discovery/electronics/report.md
Used by
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Paths from Smartphone
These routes together include every item that can lead from Smartphone to this item. Repeated path combinations are collapsed; recipes are omitted.
Shortest route: Smartphone → Sensor system → Proximity sensor
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