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Datasheet check

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What the check looks for

  • A unit on every value.
  • Min, typ or max on every value that carries a tolerance. A single number does not say whether it is a tested limit or a typical value.
  • A typical value next to a one-sided limit, and a tested limit behind a typical value.
  • Test conditions per parameter: angle of incidence and temperature for center wavelength and bandwidth; a wavelength and angle for transmission; a range and angle for blocking; bias and temperature for dark current; bias and frequency for capacitance; bias, load and wavelength for rise time.
  • Clear terms: FWHM, 10 % width or −3 dB for bandwidth; peak or average for transmission; center or peak for wavelength. No adjectives, approximate values or TBD in place of numbers.
  • A tolerance on the center wavelength and on each dimension.
  • Units that fit the parameter: nm for wavelength, A for current, F for capacitance, OD, dB or % for blocking.
  • A temperature somewhere in the text, and a revision or date.
  • How a high OD is measured, and whether a damage threshold is tested.
  • Polarization for optical values at an angle above 0°.

What a buyer cannot tell from a thin datasheet

A one-page datasheet of a fictional 650 nm bandpass filter from an unnamed maker, with the questions a reviewer writes in the margin.

BP-650-10 bandpass filter

650 nm, 10 nm

  • Title No revision, no date, no document number
Wavelength
650 nm
  • Wavelength Center or peak? At what angle and temperature? Tolerance?
Bandwidth
10 nm
  • Bandwidth FWHM, 10 % width or −3 dB? Tolerance?
Transmission
>90%
  • Transmission Peak or average, at which wavelength, collimated, at AOI 0°?
Blocking
OD4
  • Blocking Over which range? Outside how much of the passband? Measured to what limit?
Size
25 mm
  • Size Diameter with tolerance? Clear aperture? Thickness? Wedge?
Operating temperature
−10 to +60 °C
  • Operating temperature Does the center wavelength hold over this range? Coefficient in pm/K?

Transmission curve

600625650675700050100Wavelength (nm)T (%)
  • Curve Measured or modeled? One unit or the family? Axis scale for the blocking?
  • Footer Which values are tested on every unit?
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