Targeting use in tablet computers, notebooks, and smartphones, the CM36262 optical-lid-sensor chip contains a patent-pending optical-lid sensor, an ambient-light sensor, and a proximity sensor. The ...

Eliminating the need for a separate magnetic lid sensor, the CM36262 integrates a patent-pending optical lid sensor with an ambient-light sensor (ALS) and proximity sensor, thus simplifying the design ...

Riding in as the industry’s first optical lid sensor chip for tablet computers, notebooks, and smartphones, the CM36262 integrates lid, ambient-light, and proximity sensors into a single chip that the ...

We've asked Apple if it can elaborate. The iFixit team has speculated that the sensor might be more sophisticated and track both the frequency and angle of lid openings to help the company diagnose ...

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