photoresistor 1

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a light-controlled variable resistor, applied in light-sensitive detector circuits, and light- and dark-activated switching circuits.

  • 1.The resistance of a photoresistor decreases with increasing incident light intensity; in other words, it exhibits photoconductivity.

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