{"id":729,"date":"2023-03-06T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solar-motors.com\/product\/silicon-irradiance-sensor\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:05:08","slug":"silicon-irradiance-sensor","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/solar-motors.com\/sl\/izdelek\/silicon-irradiance-sensor\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Irradiance Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SILICON IRRADIANCE SENSOR<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Mode of operation<br \/>\n<\/strong>A silicon solar cell can be used as an irradiance sensor, because the short-circuit<br \/>\ncurrent is proportional to irradiance. Our sensors are build out of a monocrystalline<br \/>\nsolar cell connected to a shunt. Due to the low resistance of the shunt the cell operates<br \/>\nnext to short-circuit. The temperature coefficient of the short-circuit current creates a small error.<br \/>\nTherefore all of our silicon sensors with the extension \u201eTC\u201c have an active temperature<br \/>\ncompensation, which reduces this error by factor 20. The compensation is realized by<br \/>\nusing a specific temperature sensor mounted to the rear side of the solar cell. The<br \/>\nelectronic circuit integrated has a very low power consumption. The current consumption<br \/>\nof the SiS-13TC is only 90\u00b5A at an irradiance of 1000 W\/m2. Our silicon sensors are manufactured<br \/>\nin several types with an external power supply, with different output signals and<br \/>\nwith an optional sensor output for the cell temperature.<\/p>\n<p>All sensors are calibrated in simulated sunlight against a reference cell of the\u00a0same type. The reference cell is<br \/>\nperiodically calibrated against a reference cell calibrated by Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mechanical Construction<br \/>\n<\/strong>The solar cell is embedded in Ethylen- Vinyl-Acetat (EVA) between glass and Tedlar. The laminated cell is integrated into<br \/>\na case of powder-coated aluminium. Therefore the sensor construction is comparable to that of a standard PV<br \/>\nmodule. The electrical connection is realized by a 3 m cable or a waterproof (IP67) connector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional Temperature Measurement<br \/>\n<\/strong>Additionally to the irradiance measurement our silicon sensors with the extension \u201c-T\u201d are able to measure the temperature of<br \/>\nthe solar cell. Therefore a temperature\u00a0sensor is mounted to the rear side of the cell to detect the correct cell temperature.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ed1c24\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Silicon Irradiance Sensor\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>\/ SEN-IRA+TEM \/\u00a0383106390200 \/ <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files-old\/%24%24H_4BF90B6D_PDF_icon.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Leaflets<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; English leaflet in PDF format medium resolution<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files-old\/Sillicon_Irradiance_Temperature_Sensor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Certificates<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Declaration of Conformity in PDF format<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Download<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Irradiance Sensor is manufactured in several types with an external powe supply, with different output signals and with an optional sensor output for the cell temperature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[66],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-729","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-solar-plc-controller-accessories","7":"pa_country_of_origin-germany","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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