Scattered-light smoke detector with a two-color light-emitting diode

A scattered-light smoke detector with a detector unit that works according to the scattered-light principle, the scattered-light smoke detector comprising:

• a light-emitting diode configured to irradiate particles to be detected, and
• a photosensor that is spectrally sensitive to the particles to detect light scattered by the particles,
• wherein the light-emitting diode has a principal optical axis and the photosensor has an optical receiving axis, wherein the light-emitting diode and the photosensor are arranged and aligned with respect to each other such that the principal optical axis of the light-emitting diode and the optical receiving axis of the photosensor define a scattered-light angle,
• wherein the light-emitting diode comprises a first LED chip configured to emit a first light beam with light in a first wavelength range and a second LED chip configured to emit a second light beam with light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range,
• wherein the light-emitting diode comprises an LED chip carrier arranged orthogonally to the principal optical axis of the light-emitting diode ,
• wherein the two LED chips are arranged side-by-side on the LED chip carrier, and
• wherein the light-emitting diode is rotated about the principal optical axis such that a chip axis extending through the first and second LED chips is orthogonal to an angle plane defined by the principal optical axis of the light-emitting diode and the optical receiving axis of the photosensor.