Decay mechanisms of lumen and chromaticity for high-power phosphor-based white-light-emitting diodes in thermal aging

Chun-Chin Tsai; Ming-Hung Chen; Chao-Wei Lee; Yuan-Tsun Lo; Yi-Cheng Hsu; Wood-Hi Cheng

doi:10.1117/12.760906

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13 February 2008 Decay mechanisms of lumen and chromaticity for high-power phosphor-based white-light-emitting diodes in thermal aging

Chun-Chin Tsai, Ming-Hung Chen, Chao-Wei Lee, Yuan-Tsun Lo, Yi-Cheng Hsu, Wood-Hi Cheng

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Proceedings Volume 6910, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications XII; 691011 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760906
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2008, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The high-power phosphor-based white-light-emitting diodes (LEDs) after thermal aging at 150°C and 500 hours are studied experimentally. The white-light LEDs formed by three combinations of different thicknesses and concentrations of the silicone YAG phosphor are 1 mm and 5.48%, 2mm and 3.2%, 3mm and 2.4%, respectively. The results showed that the lumen loss, chromaticity (CIE) shift, and spectrum intensity reduction in yellow YAG phosphor of the highpower white-light LEDs increased as the silicone YAG phosphor concentration increased. These were due to that the transmittance loss and the refractive index variation of the silicone YAG phosphor increased as the aging time increased and resulted in lower emission efficiency of the high-power white-light LEDs. However, the lumen loss and CIE shift did not significantly depend on the thickness of the silicone YAG phosphor. The likely cause for the transmittance reduction and refractive index variation increased is that the thermal effect increased after thermal aging. As a result, the key of high-power phosphor-based white-light LEDs module package related degradation mode under thermal aging was identified as the decay of the silicone YAG phosphor, evidenced by secondary-ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) analyses. This study clearly indicates that in order to maintain luminous power and minimize color shift of the highpower white-light LEDs modules, a lower concentration of the YAG phosphor for use in packaging of the phosphorbased white-light LEDs modules is essential.

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Chun-Chin Tsai, Ming-Hung Chen, Chao-Wei Lee, Yuan-Tsun Lo, Yi-Cheng Hsu, and Wood-Hi Cheng "Decay mechanisms of lumen and chromaticity for high-power phosphor-based white-light-emitting diodes in thermal aging", Proc. SPIE 6910, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications XII, 691011 (13 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760906

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