Effective thermal management in ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with micro-LED arrays

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 782-786

  Lobo Ploch, N ^a   Rodriguez, H ^b,c   Stolmacker, C ^a,b   Hoppe, M ^a,b   Lapeyrade, M ^a,b   Stellmach, J ^a   Mehnke, F ^a   Wernicke, Tim ^a   Knauer, A ^a,b   Kueller, V ^a,b   Weyers, M ^a,b   Einfeldt, S ^a,b   Kneissl, M ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

InAlGaN; micro LED arrays; thermal management; ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXTRACTION; HEAT SOURCES; INALGAN; MICRO-LED ARRAYS; SERIES RESISTANCES; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH REGION; UNIFORM CURRENTS;

DIODES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84872846814     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2234462     Document Type: Article

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