Lifetime estimation of high power white LEDs

Journal of Light and Visual Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Ishizaki, Shinya ^a   Kimura, Hideyoshi ^a   Sugimoto, Masaru ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhenius; GaN; High power; InGaN; LED; Lifetime; White

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION RATIO; JUNCTION TEMPERATUREW; THERMALLY ACTIVATED DEGRADATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; HEAT RESISTANCE; LIGHTING; LUMINANCE; PYROLYSIS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 34347360612     PISSN: 03878805     EISSN: 13498398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2150/jlve.31.11     Document Type: Article

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