scholarly journals Lifetime and optical analyses of LED lamps

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emerson Roberto Santos ◽  
Hélio Akira Furuya ◽  
Elvo Calixto Burini Junior

In this study, optical and lifetime analyses of commercial light-emitting diode (LED) lamps were carried out with the objective to better understand these characteristics. Lamps of different manufacturers and powers were used: Ourolux of 9 watts, Kian of 9 watts, Black+Decker of 9 watts, FLC of 8 watts, Galaxy of 7 watts and Brilia of 7 watts. These LED lamps remained on by 24 hours/day for 4,291.16 hours. Illuminance measurements were analyzed once a week by each lamp inside the integrating sphere with a sensor of lux meter coupled. Results showed decrease of illuminance by elapsed time, due to the degradation. Results of the illuminance obtained between the initial moment of the experiment and the final one were calculated, revealing degradation of 19% to Ourolux, 20% to FLC, 26% to Black+Decker, 28% to Kian, 29% to Galaxy and 33% to Brilia. This study suggests that the diffusers can have different transmittance values interfering on the illuminance, since the FLC LED lamp presented illuminance with highest values than the other LED lamps tested with similar electrical and optical characteristics. This experiment showed that the nominal power of the LED lamp has no direct relation to the illuminance and, comparing the lifetime, the LED lamp manufactured by Black+Decker was the only one to reach 5,521 hours, that is a lifetime much shorter than the one described at the packages (25,000 hours) for all LED lamps tested

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. e211656
Author(s):  
Gabriela Alves de Cerqueira ◽  
Lais Sampaio Souza ◽  
Rafael Soares Gomes ◽  
Giselle Maria Marchi ◽  
Paula Mathias

Aim: This study evaluated the water sorption and solubility of a light-cured resin cement, under four thicknesses and four opacities of a lithium disilicate ceramic, also considering three light-emitting diode (LED) units. Methods: A total of 288 specimens of a resin cement (AllCem Veneer Trans – FGM) were prepared, 96 samples were light-cured by each of the three light curing units (Valo – Ultradent / Radii-Cal – SDI / Bluephase II – Ivoclar Vivadent), divided into 16 experimental conditions, according to the opacities of the ceramic: High Opacity (HO), Medium Opacity (MO), Low Translucency (LT), High Translucency (HT), and thicknesses (0.3, 0.8, 1.5, and 2.0 mm) (n = 6). The specimens were weighed at three different times: Mass M1 (after making the specimens), M2 (after 7 days of storage in water), and M3 (after dissection cycle), for calculating water sorption and solubility. Results: The higher thickness of the ceramic (2.0 mm) significantly increased the values of water sorption (44.0± 4.0) and solubility (7.8±0.6), compared to lower thicknesses. Also, the ceramic of higher opacity (HO) generated the highest values of sorption and solubility when compared to the other opacities, regardless of the thickness tested (ANOVA-3 factors / Tukey’s test, α = 0.05). There was no influence of light curing units. Conclusion: Higher thicknesses and opacities of the ceramic increased the water sorption and solubility of the tested light-cured resin cement.


2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A27 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Coffinet ◽  
C. Lovis ◽  
X. Dumusque ◽  
F. Pepe

Context. Doppler spectroscopy has been used in astronomy for more than 150 yr. In particular, it has permitted us to detect hundreds of exoplanets over the past 20 yr, and the goal today of detecting Earth-like planets requires a precision around 0.1 m s−1 or better. Doppler spectroscopy has also been and will be of major importance for other studies such as the variability of fundamental constants and cosmological studies. For all these applications, it is crucial to have the best possible wavelength calibration. Despite the fact that the HARPS spectrograph has been operational at the 3.6-m ESO telescope for more than 15 yr, and that it provides among the most precise Doppler measurements, improvements are still possible. One known problem, for instance, is the non-fully regular block-stitching of the charge-coupled devices (CCDs), which in some cases introduces one-year period parasitic signals in the measured radial velocity. Aims. The aim of the presented work is to improve the wavelength calibration of the HARPS spectrograph to push further its planet-detection capabilities. Methods. The properties of the CCD stitching-induced pixel-size anomalies were determined with light-emitting-diode (LED) flat-field frames, and then a physical, gap-corrected map of the CCDs is used for the fitting model of the spectral orders. We also used a new thorium line list, based on much higher-accuracy measurements than the one used up to now. We derive new wavelength solutions for the 15 yr of HARPS data, both before and after the fibre upgrade that took place in 2015. Results. We demonstrate that we do indeed correct the gap anomalies by computing the wavelength solutions of laser frequency comb exposures, known to have a very low dispersion, both with and without taking the gap correction into account. By comparing the rms of the most stable stars of the HARPS sample, we show that we globally decrease the radial velocity (RV) dispersion of the data, especially for the data acquired after the change of fibres of 2015. Finally, the comparative analysis of several individual systems shows that we manage to attenuate the periodogram power at one year in most cases. The analysis of the RVs derived from individual stellar lines also shows that we indeed correct the stitching-induced RV variation. Conclusions. This improved calibration of the HARPS spectrograph allows to go deeper in the search for low-amplitude radial-velocity signals. This new calibration process will be further improved by combining the thorium calibration spectra with laser frequency comb and Fabry–Perot calibration spectra, and this will not only be used for HARPS but notably also for HARPS-N and the new ESPRESSO spectrograph.


2013 ◽  
Vol 378 ◽  
pp. 440-443
Author(s):  
Chiu Jung Yang ◽  
Chien Sheng Huang ◽  
Chih Wei Chen ◽  
Po Wen Chen

Thepaperis discussedin coloruniformity study.The experiment divided into two steps in this study,first is modules design and simulation. Second is fabrication and measurement.After measure the LEDs property, calculating the ratio of each colored LEDs by using Grassmanns Law,modeling by Solidworks, and simulating the front study by optical software TracePro.Using four-color mixing with self-developed formula to avoid the present white light emitting diode patent, and the four-color grains are Red, Green, Blue and adding Y to modify the overall quality of the mixed light.The phosphorproduceSteabler-Wronsk hardly in the high temperatureas compared tofour-color mixing.Using four-color mixing to producehigher color rendering index than yellow phosphor.Series-parallel array of grain arrangement adopted to achieve the high demand for uniformity, while simplifying the design conditions by a certain current instead of the general mixed light-driven complex driver circuit,the completion of the mixing module using integrating sphere, light spectrum on the spectrophotometer, optical power, color coordinates values, such as mixing uniformity measurements.The chromaticity coordinates errors after complete results of the mixing module measurement and simulation can be controlled under (0.01x, 0.01y).


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1977-1981

Visible Light Communications (VLC) system is called Light Fidelity One such example, analog data is passed to a LED (Light-Emitting Diode) bulb (using signal processing technology), after that it transmits data (which is implanted in its beam) to the detector or photodiode. The small commutes in the brisk feeble of LED bulbs is modulated by the receiver circuit into electrical signal. The signal is then reversed into a duplex data runnel that could be recognized in the same way that of audio, video and web programs that run on devices that has internet enabled. Wi-Fi is vulnerable to breaches involving various security issues such as Rouge Access Points, Denial of Service, Wireless Trespasser, Data Interruption, End point attacks etc. To overcome such restrictions, this paper proposes application level substructure for data communication using Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) Technology. By using LED lights as a transmission medium, the indoor wireless communication is achieved in much faster rate than the one WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) can provide.


2008 ◽  
Vol 516 (9) ◽  
pp. 2788-2793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiju Tsuboi ◽  
Silviu Polosan ◽  
Duo-Fong Huang ◽  
Tahsin J. Chow

Author(s):  
Prof. Bhushan Thakre, Dr. R.M Thakre

A novel highly dimmable current controller which is a linear one is employed in the application of low power automotive is discussed here. Light Emitting Diode is the one which drives current that is linearly controlled to decrease the intensity of LED to limit the destruction of the LED and improve its reliability. Although many dimming techniques for LED lighting are available, our proposed method outperforms the existing methods in terms of power consumption and the no. of transistors used in the proposed design. This emits 100mA and decrease the LED current which is going linearly based on the theory of dimming control voltage. Toggling of LED is avoided finally in comparison with the existing system. This circuit is developed in 0.18μm process technology and Cadence ADE with Spectre is employed for simulation purpose. The proposed method utilizes a maximum power of 392.85 mW when the supply voltage is 4V and the control voltage is 4V at the temperature of 27oC.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 966
Author(s):  
Sang-Geon Park ◽  
Won Jae Lee ◽  
Min Jong Song ◽  
Johngeon Shin ◽  
Tae Wan Kim

We examined the electro-optical characteristics of organic light emitting diodes according to the N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-di(m-tolyl)-benzidine (TPD) thicknesses. The thicknesses of TPD were varied from 5 nm to 50 nm. The current density of the device with a TPD thickness of 5 nm was 8.94 times higher than that with a thickness of 50 nm at a driving voltage of 10 V. According to the conduction–current characteristics of conductors, the current densities improved with a decreasing TPD thickness. Different from the current density–voltage characteristics, the current efficiency–current density characteristics showed an improved efficiency with a 50 nm TPD thickness. The current efficiencies of a device with a 5 nm TPD thickness at a driving voltage of 10 V was 0.148 and at a 50 nm TPD thickness 0.993 cd/A, which was 6.7 times higher than the 5 nm TPD thickness. These results indicated that hole transport in Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) devices were more efficient with thin 5 nm TPD than with thick 50 nm TPD, while electron transport was more efficient with thick 50 nm TPD, which caused conflicting results in the current efficiency-current density and current density-voltage characteristics according to TPD thicknesses.


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