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Photo Detectors

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photodetectors · level 3 · tier B · leaf · 450 SKUs measured across distributors · 11 observations across 2 vantages
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Channel Lens · Tier 1
Brands tracked
10
Distinct alias forms
2
Top-form share
91%
Vantage coverage
ai · canonical

How is this category named, across the funnel?

Top alias forms observed at this Kim category in W19, across AI / OEM / distributor / aggregator surfaces. Wide spread = wider arbitrage window.

photo detectors
91%
canonical
10 brands
GPS Receivers
9%
ai
1 brand
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Photo Detectors — paid-tier surface

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10 brands competing here
Per-brand convergence scores · vantage coverage · full sourcing-card drill-down per brand.
7 brand category peers identified
Qwen-grounded peers with rationale, confidence, and verify_targets per peer. Sourcing-desk starting point.
48 manufacturing facilities · 37 brands · 10 countries
Geographic concentration breakdown · top brands by facility count · facility-type mix · supply-risk story.
Live week-over-week trajectory
Fragmentation direction, channel-pull attribution (which external vantage AI is closest to), drift narratives.
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Adjacent categories

Semantically nearest Kim categories — useful for the sourcing buyer scanning for related parts. Cosine similarity over name embeddings.

Image Sensors
cos 0.79
no brand data yet
Optical Sensors
cos 0.78
10 brands · 4 forms
Optoelectronics
cos 0.73
10 brands · 3 forms
Photoelectric Sensors
cos 0.69
10 brands · 4 forms
Optocouplers
cos 0.67
10 brands · 2 forms
source: tapes_kim_slug_embeddings_bge_m3_2026-W19 · model: bge-m3-cr-tapes-v1
data: /shared/exports/cr_per_kim_slug_rollup_2026-W19.json
methodology: per-(brand × vantage × form) aggregation, top-form share within (brand × vantage) cells, divergence classified at category level. bge-m3-cr-tapes-v1 embeddings.
Tapes substrates: facility_kim_slug_mapping · brand_category_peers · kim_slug_embeddings