IR illumination has widely spread far beyond the field of CCTV. Typical camera-based applications can range from Smart Home systems, machine vision inspection systems, face or iris recognition, driver monitoring or gesture sensing. The application requirements vary a lot as well, but they are always demanding. OEM automotive applications require extended robustness testing and long lifetime cycles, industrial customers need long operation lifetimes and high energy efficiency. Personal electronics ask for small size. ams OSRAM is very familiar with highly demanding customers and ams OSRAM's IR LEDs are designed to fulfill these requirements.