LEDs for general illumination: The state of the science

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-142

  Protzman, J Brent ^a,b   Houser, Kevin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Architectural Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Color; Color rendering; Energy efficiency; LEDs; Light emitting diodes; White light

Indexed keywords

CHROMATICITY; COLOR RENDERING INDEX (CRI); CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE (CCT); WHITE LIGHT;

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DIMMING (LAMPS); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33947693274     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2006.03.02.003     Document Type: Article

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