Ultra-high thermal-stable glass phosphor layer for phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Tsai, Chun Chin ^a   Cheng, Wei Chih ^b   Chang, Jin Kai ^b   Chen, Li Yin ^b   Chen, Ji Hung ^b   Hsu, Yi Cheng ^c   Cheng, Wood Hi ^b  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromaticity shift; glass phosphor; lumen degradation; transmittance loss

Indexed keywords

AGING CONDITIONS; CHROMATICITY SHIFT; GLASS ENCAPSULATION; HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOSPHOR LAYERS; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

GLASS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORS; SILICONES; THERMAL AGING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84877581994     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2012.2229258     Document Type: Article

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