Is the thermal resistance coefficient of high-power LEDs constant?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6669, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jayasinghe, Lalith ^a   Dong, Tianming ^a   Narendran, Nadarajah ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Junction temperature; LED; Life; Light emitting diode; Thermal resistance coefficient

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; THERMAL RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 42149184043     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.738739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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