Can junction temperature alone characterize thermal performance of white LED emitters?

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 555-557

  Yan, Bohan ^a   Tran, Nguyen T ^b   You, Jiun Pyng ^b   Shi, Frank G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEPES LED   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; phosphor temperature; thermal characterization; white light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INPUT CURRENT; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; PHOSPHOR PARTICLES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WHITE LED; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (LEDS);

DIODES; LIGHT EMISSION; MIXED CONVECTION; PHOSPHORS; SILICONES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79953828084     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2115997     Document Type: Article

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