Effects of YAG: Ce phosphor particle size on luminous flux and angular color uniformity of phosphor-converted white LEDs

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Liu, Zong Yuan ^a,b   Li, Cheng ^b   Yu, Bin Hai ^b   Wang, Yao Hao ^b   Niu, Han Ben ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Angular color uniformity; Light emitting diodes (LEDs); Luminous flux; Packaging; Particle size; Phosphor

Indexed keywords

COLOR TEMPERATURES; COLOR UNIFORMITY; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; LUMINOUS FLUX; MONTE CARLO; PHOSPHOR PARTICLES; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; WHITE LED; YAG: CE;

COLOR; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKAGING; PHOSPHORS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84861112994     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2012.2184835     Document Type: Article

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