Title :
Two-Part Gauss Simulation of Phosphor-Coated LED
Author :
Jin, Hye-Jin ; Jin, Seongwook ; Yuan, Kun ; Cen, S.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Electron. Technol., China Jiliang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Gauss simulation is an effective tool for designing light-emitting-diode (LED) light sources. This paper proposes a new two-part Gauss simulation model to simulate a YAG:Ce phosphor-coated LED (PC-LED). This model divides the emission spectra of YAG:Ce phosphor into two parts, and they use different half spectral widths in the Gauss function to accurately simulate the spectra of YAG:Ce PC-LED. The simulated spectra are similar to the measured spectra of packaged LEDs; most correlated color temperature (CCT) error is less than 4%, color rendering index (CRI) error is less than 2, and luminous efficacy of radiation (LER) error is less than 3% for simulation results. This is a vast improvement on an ordinary single Gauss simulation model. Using the model to analyze the combination of common blue LED and YAG:Ce phosphor helps the design of new white LEDs.
Keywords :
cerium; colour; electronics packaging; light emitting diodes; optical design techniques; phosphors; photoluminescence; spectral line breadth; yttrium compounds; CCT error; CRI error; Gauss function; LER error; PC-LED; YAG:Ce; YAG:Ce phosphor; blue LED; color rendering index error; correlated color temperature error; emission spectra; light-emitting-diode light sources; luminous efficacy of radiation error; packaged LED; phosphor-coated LED; spectral widths; two-part Gauss simulation; white LED; Adaptive optics; Color; Light emitting diodes; Mathematical model; Measurement uncertainty; Phosphors; Light emitting diodes; luminescence and fluorescence; optical and other properties; theory and design;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2272783