Effects of solder paste on thermal and optical performance of high-power ThinGaN white LED

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna E. Raypah ◽  
Mutharasu Devarajan ◽  
Fauziah Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
High Power ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
White Led ◽  
Solder Paste ◽  
Optical Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Color Shift

Purpose Thermal management of high-power (HP) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is an essential issue. Junction temperature (TJ) and thermal resistance (Rth) are critical parameters in evaluating LEDs thermal management and reliability. The purpose of this paper is to study thermal and optical characteristics of ThinGaN (UX:3) white LED mounted on SinkPAD by three types of solder paste (SP): No-Clean SAC305 (SP1), Water-Washable SAC305 (SP2) and No-Clean Sn42/Bi57.6/Ag0.4 (SP3). Design/methodology/approach Thermal transient tester (T3Ster) machine is used to determine TJ and total thermal resistance (Rth–JA). In addition, the LED’s optical properties are measured via thermal and radiometric characterization of power LEDs (TeraLED) system. The LED is mounted on SinkPAD using SP1, SP2 and SP3 by stencil printing to control a thickness of SP and reflow soldering oven to minimize the number of voids. The LED with SP1, SP2 and SP3 is tested at various input currents and ambient temperatures. Findings The results indicate that at high input current, which equals to 1,200 mA, Rth–JA and TJ, respectively, are reduced by 30 and 17 per cent between SP1 and SP2. At same current value, Rth–JA and TJ are minimized by 42 and 25 per cent between SP1 and SP3, respectively. In addition, at an ambient temperature of 85°C, Rth–JA and TJ are decreased by 34 and 7 per cent between SP1 and SP2, respectively. Similarly, the reduction in Rth–JA and TJ between SP1 and SP3 is 44 and 10 per cent, respectively. Luminous flux, luminous efficacy and color shift of the LED with the three types of SPs are compared and discussed. It is found that the SP1 improves the chromatic properties of the LED by increasing the overall light efficiency and decreasing the color shift. Originality/value Thermal and optical performance of ThinGaN LEDs mounted on SinkPAD via three types of SPs is compared. This investigation can assist the research on thermal management of HP ThinGaN-based LEDs.

Investigation on effects of solder paste voids on thermal and optical performance of white high-power surface-mounted device LEDs

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-114
Author(s):  
Muna Raypah ◽  
Mutharasu Devarajan ◽  
Shahrom Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
High Power ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Heat Diffusion ◽  
Solder Paste ◽  
Optical Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Color Shift ◽  
Filling State

Purpose The presence of voids in the solder layer has been considered as one of the main issues causing reliability problems in optoelectronic devices. Voids can be created due to trapped gas, clean-up agent residues (fluxes), poor wettability at interface or shortcoming of the reflow process. The voids hinder the heat conduction path and subsequently, the thermal resistance will increase. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of lead-free water-washable Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 (SAC305) solder paste (SP) voids on the thermal and optical performance of white high-power (HP) surface-mounted device (SMD) light-emitting diode (LED). Design/methodology/approach Five LEDs are mounted on five SinkPAD substrates by using the SP. The SMT stencil printing is used to control the thickness of the SP and reflow oven for the soldering process. The fraction of voids in the SP layer is calculated using the X-ray machine software. The thermal parameters of the LEDs with different voids fraction and configuration are measured using a thermal transient tester (T3Ster) system. In addition, the optical characterizations of the LEDs are determined by the thermal and radiometric characterization of power LEDs (TeraLED) and the electroluminescence by using the spectrometer. Findings The results showed that the thermal performance and temperature distribution are improved for the LED with lower voids fraction and good filling state of soldering. In addition, luminous flux, efficacy and color shift of the LEDs with different fraction and configurations of voids on the SP layer are compared and discussed. It is found that the color shift of LED1 of low voids fraction and higher thickness are less than other LEDs. Originality/value The paper provides valuable information about the effect of water-washable SAC305 SP voids fraction and filling state of solder on the thermal and optical performance of ThinGaN HP SMD LED. A comprehensive overview of the outcomes is not available in the literature. It was shown experimentally that the voids fraction, height and configuration of the SP layer could strongly influence the heat dissipation efficiency and thermal resistance. This study can help in heat diffusion investigation and failure analysis of HP SMD LEDs.

Impact of thermal interface material on luminous flux curve of InGaAlP low-power light-emitting diodes

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna E. Raypah ◽  
Mutharasu Devarajan ◽  
Shahrom Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Light Output ◽  
Luminous Flux ◽  
Thermal Interface Material ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Thermal Interface ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thermally Conductive

Purpose One major problem in the lighting industry is the thermal management of the devices. Handling of thermal resistance from solder point to the ambiance of the light-emitting diode (LED) package is linked to the external thermal management that includes a selection of the cooling mode, design of heatsink/substrate and thermal interface material (TIM). Among the significant factors that increase the light output of the of the LED system are efficient substrate and TIM. In this work, the influence of TIM on the luminous flux performance of commercial indium gallium aluminium phosphide (InGaAlP) low-power (LP) LEDs was investigated. Design/methodology/approach One batch of LEDs was mounted directly onto substrates which were glass-reinforced epoxy (FR4) and aluminium-based metal-core printed circuit boards (MCPCBs) with a dielectric layer of different thermal conductivities. Another batch of LEDs was prepared in a similar way, but a layer of TIM was embedded between the LED package and substrate. The TIMs were thermally conductive epoxy (TCE) and thermally conductive adhesive (TCA). The LED parameters were measured by using the integrated system of thermal transient tester (T3Ster) and thermal-radiometric characterization of LEDs at various input currents. Findings With the employment of TIM, the authors found that the LED’s maximum luminous flux was significantly higher than the value mentioned in the LED datasheet, and that a significant reduction in thermal resistance and junction temperature was revealed. The results showed that for a system with low thermal resistance, the maximum luminous flux appeared to occur at a higher power level. It was found that the maximum luminous flux was 24.10, 28.40 and 36.00 lm for the LEDs mounted on the FR4 and two MCPCBs, respectively. After TCA application on the LEDs, the maximum luminous flux values were 32.70, 36.60 and 37.60 lm for the FR4 and MCPCBs, respectively. Moreover, the findings demonstrated that the performance of the LED mounted on the FR4 substrate was more affected by the employment of the TIM than that of MCPCBs. Research limitations/implications One of the major problems in the lighting industry is the thermal management of the device. In many low-power LED applications, the air gap between the two solder pads is not filled up. Heat flow is restricted by the air gap leading to thermal build-up and higher thermal resistance resulting in lower maximum luminous flux. Among the significant factors that increase the light output of the LED system are efficient substrate and TIM. Practical implications The findings in this work can be used as a method to improve thermal management of LP LEDs by applying thermal interface materials that can offer more efficient and brighter LP LEDs. Using aluminium-based substrates can also offer similar benefits. Social implications Users of LP LEDs can benefit from the findings in this work. Brighter automotive lighting (signalling and backlighting) can be achieved, and better automotive lighting can offer better safety for the people on the street, especially during raining and foggy weather. User can also use a lower LED power rating to achieve similar brightness level with LED with higher power rating. Originality/value Better thermal management of commercial LP LEDs was achieved with the employment of thermal interface materials resulting in lower thermal resistance, lower junction temperature and brighter LEDs.

Thermal Management on Hot Spot Elimination / Junction Temperature Reduction for High Power Density System in Package Structure

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chan-Yen Chou ◽  
Chung-Jung Wu ◽  
Hsiu-Ping Wei ◽  
Ming-Chih Yew ◽  
Chien-Chia Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Management ◽  
Power Density ◽  
High Power ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
High Power Density ◽  
Solder Paste ◽  
Operation Temperature ◽  
Test Board ◽  
Chip Carrier

In this paper, a thermal enhanced design for a high power density system in package (SiP) is proposed to resolve the challenge faced by the packaging research community in eliminating the hot spot and reducing the junction temperature in a high operation temperature. The SiP structure includes seven sub-chips which are attached to the chip carrier. The dissipated heat is conducted to the metal slug by thermal vias, while some heat is conducted to the pads by metal traces. Finally, the whole module is connected to the test board by solder paste material. In the thermal enhanced design, a highly conductive material such as solder paste is applied to make an attachment between the chip carrier and the highest power density chip (the power amplifier chip). Besides, some thermal vias are constructed to conduct the dissipated heat from the chip carrier to the metal slug. The new structure greatly improves the thermal performance of the SiP structure. Moreover, the hot spot on the chip carrier is also eliminated in this thermal enhanced SiP structure.

scholarly journals Analysis and Prediction of Thermal Resistance for High Power LED Using GA-SVR

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
De Huai Zeng ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Li Li ◽  
De Gui Yu ◽  
Gang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
High Power ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Mean Squared Errors ◽  
Absolute Relative Error ◽  
High Power Led ◽  
Key Factor

With the development of high power LED technology, junction temperature as a key factor constrains the performance and the service life of LED, and the main parameter of junction temperature is thermal resistance. Therefore, how to measure the thermal resistance of high power LED quickly and accurately plays an important part in improving the performance and the service life of LED. In this paper the accurate and fast measurement equipment was applied to study the thermal characteristics of high power LED. The forward-voltage based method was conducted to measure the junction temperature of high power. Then, support vector regression (SVR) combined with genetic algorithm (GA) for its parameter optimization, was proposed to establish a model to predict the thermal resistance of high power LED. The prediction performance of GA-SVR was compared with those of BPNN model. The result demonstrated that the estimated errors GA-SVR models, such as Mean Absolute Relative Error (MARE) and Root Mean Squared Errors (RMSE), all are smaller than those achieved by the BPNN applying identical samples.

Thermal Study on High-Power White LED down Light

2011 ◽  
Vol 308-310 ◽  
pp. 2531-2536
Author(s):  
Kun Bai ◽  
Li Gang Wu ◽  
Qiu Hua Nie ◽  
Shi Xun Dai ◽  
Bo You Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Optimization Methods ◽  
White Led ◽  
Solder Paste ◽  
Lead Frame ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
Temperature Field Distribution ◽  
Steady Temperature ◽  
Heat Transfer Theory

An actual packaging structural of high power three-chip white LED lamp is designed. The highest temperature of LED chip is 111.2°C, and the temperature range of heat sink is 72.6°C～73.8°C by finite element method (FEM). The respective temperature of lead frame and heat sink are 76.0°C and 71.0°C, which are measured by the thermocouples experiment. Based on the consistency between simulation results and experiment data, considering the steady temperature distribution of the lamp and heat transfer theory, several optimization methods are proposed. The effects of copper pad dimension, solder paste area and natural convection coefficient on the temperature field distribution are calculated.

Variation of thermal resistance with input current and ambient temperature in low-power SMD LED

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna E. Raypah ◽  
Dheepan M.K. ◽  
Mutharasu Devarajan ◽  
Shanmugan Subramani ◽  
Fauziah Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Input Current ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Total Thermal Resistance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thermal Transient

Purpose Thermal behavior of light-emitting diode (LED) device under different operating conditions must be known to enhance its reliability and efficiency in various applications. The purpose of this study is to report the influence of input current and ambient temperature on thermal resistance of InGaAlP low-power surface-mount device (SMD) LED. Design/methodology/approach Thermal parameters of the LED were measured using thermal transient measurement via Thermal Transient Tester (T3Ster). The experimental results were validated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Findings As input current increases from 50 to 90 mA at 25°C, the relative increase in LED package (ΔRthJS) and total thermal resistance (ΔRthJA) is about 10 and 4 per cent, respectively. In addition, at 50 mA and ambient temperature from 25 to 65°C, the ΔRthJS and ΔRthJA are roughly 28 and 22 per cent, respectively. A good agreement between simulation and experiment results of junction temperature. Originality/value Most of previous studies have focused on thermal management of high-power LEDs. There were no studies on thermal analysis of low-power SMD LED so far. This work will help in predicting the thermal performance of low-power LEDs in solid-state lighting applications.

Numerical simulation and microchannels parameters optimization for thermal management of GaN HEMT devices

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahao Wang ◽  
Guodong Xia ◽  
Ran Li ◽  
Dandan Ma ◽  
Wenbin Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Pareto Optimal ◽  
High Electron ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pareto Optimal Front ◽  
Gan Hemt

Purpose This study aims to satisfy the thermal management of gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) devices, microchannel-cooling is designed and optimized in this work. Design/methodology/approach A numerical simulation is performed to analyze the thermal and flow characteristics of microchannels in combination with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) is used to optimize the microchannels parameters. The design variables include width and number of microchannels, and the optimization objectives are to minimize total thermal resistance and pressure drop under constant volumetric flow rate. Findings In optimization process, a decrease in pressure drop contributes to increase of thermal resistance leading to high junction temperature and vice versa. And the Pareto-optimal front, which is a trade-off curve between optimization objectives, is obtained by MOEA method. Finally, K-means clustering algorithm is carried out on Pareto-optimal front, and three representative points are proposed to verify the accuracy of the model. Originality/value Each design variable on the effect of two objectives and distribution of temperature is researched. The relationship between minimum thermal resistance and pressure drop is provided which can give some fundamental direction for microchannels design in GaN HEMT devices cooling.

Thermal resistance of high power LED influenced by ZnO thickness and surface roughness parameter

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanmugan Subramani ◽  
Mutharasu Devarajan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Roughness Parameter ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cu Substrates

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the effect of thickness and surface properties of ZnO solid thin film for heat dissipation application in LED. Heat dissipation in electronic packaging can be improved by applying a thermally conductive interface material (TIM) and hence the junction temperature will be maintained. ZnO is one of the oxide materials and used as a filler to increase the thermal conductivity of thermal paste. The thickness of these paste-type material cannot be controlled which restricts the heat flow from the LED junction to ambient. The controlled thickness is only possible by using a solid thin-film interface material. Design/methodology/approach – Radio Frequency (RF)-sputtered ZnO thin film on Cu substrates were used as a heat sink for high-power LED and the thermal performance of various ZnO thin film thickness on changing total thermal resistance (R th-tot) and rise in junction temperature were tested. Thermal transient analysis was used to study the performance of the given LED. The influence of surface roughness profile was also tested on the LED performance. Findings – The junction temperature was high (6.35°C) for 200 nm thickness of ZnO thin film boundary condition when compared with bare Cu substrates. Consecutively, low R th-tot values were noticed with the same boundary condition. The 600 nm thickness of ZnO thin film exhibited high R th-tot and interface resistance than the other thicknesses. Bond Line Thickness of the interface material was influenced on the interface thermal resistance which was decreased with increased BLT. Surface roughness parameter showed an immense effect on thermal transport, and hence, low R th (47.6 K/W) value was noticed with low film roughness (7 nm) as compared with bare Cu substrate (50.8 K/W) where the surface roughness was 20.5 nm. Originality/value – Instead of using thermal paste, solid thin film ZnO is used as TIM and coated Cu substrates were used as a heat sink. The thickness can be controlled, and it is a new approach for reducing the BLT between the metal core printed circuit board and heat sink.

Research Progress on Packaging Thermal Management Techniques of High Power LED

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 3989-3994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Xin Zhang ◽  
Ping Juan Niu ◽  
Da Yong Gao ◽  
Lian Gen Sun
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Management ◽  
High Power ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Light Output ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
High Power Led

In order to dominate the lighting market, LED needs more electrical power to be driven for higher brightness, thereby increasing thermal power dissipation, which contributes to a high heat flux of 85W/cm2 within a recent typical high power LED chip. And the junction temperature has direct influence upon the light output efficiency, device life time, emitting wavelength and reliability of LED. Therefore, effective removal of heat to maintain a safe junction temperature is the key to meet the future flux per LED requirements. Compared with other individual thermal resistances along the thermal path, thermal design for much lower packaging thermal resistance is more critical to improve the performances of LED. In this paper, major present technical researches on packaging thermal management were analyzed for high power LED, and the advantages and shortcomings of these techniques were respectively summarized. Besides, some suggestions were provided for further research in this area.

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