• All human body has stable temperature, generally 37'C. Therefore they can send out infrared rays with specific wave length about 1 0 micrometers. • The PR sensors are tuned to detect these IR wave length which only emanates when a human being arrives in their proximity. i.e. it senses the motion of human body by the change in surrounding ambient temperature. • The term "PYROELECTRICITY" means heat that generates electricity (here, an electric signal of small amplitude). Since these sensors do not have an infrared source of their own, they are also termed as "Passive"