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Transformations in Lighting

2011 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop

White LED Chromaticity Control -The State of the Art


Ralph C. Tuttle

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Outline: 1. Chromaticity Requirements 2. Meeting the Requirements 3. Effects of Operating Conditions on Color Point 4. Long Term Chromaticity Control

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ANSI_NEMA_ANSLG C78.377-2008
Chromaticity Requirements for Energy Star Products

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ANSI_NEMA_ANSLG C78.377-2008

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ANSI_NEMA_ANSLG C78.377-2008

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ANSI_NEMA_ANSLG C78.377-2008
(.2409, .5251)

(.2339, .4994)

uv = .0266 A one step MacAdam Ellipse = .001


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NEMA Standards Publication SSL 3-2010


High-Power White LED Binning for General Illumination
0.440

0.420

0.400

0.380 y 0.360

0.340

0.320

0.300 0.300 0.320 0.340 0.360 0.380 0.400 x 0.420 0.440 0.460 0.480 0.500

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Meeting C78.377 Requirements


Cree Standard Chromaticity Regions

* Tested at 350mA, 25C, 25ms


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Meeting C78.377 Requirements


Cree Easy White Chromaticity Regions

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color


XP-E shift in color point (u,v) vs Junction Temperature

10C 25C 85C

When Tj increases from 25C to 85C, the color point shifts .002 in the uv color space.

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color


Cree XR-E LED Drive Current

350mA

50mA 1000 mA

When If increases from 350mA to 1000mA, color point shifts .002 in the uv color space.

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color


Commercially available LED for General Lighting

Increase in If to 1000mA

350mA

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Effects of Operating Conditions on Color

Temp Increases 25C to 85C Chromaticity Shift Duv = +.006

Increase in Luminous Flux = +5%

Relative Hot Lumens increase with color shift due to eye response.

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Long Term Chromaticity Control

XPE XLamp

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Long Term Chromaticity Control

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Long Term Chromaticity Control LM-80 Testing

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In Summary
1. LED manufacturers can provide very tight color bins for white LEDs that allow the user to effectively color mix to achieve very tight color point consistency. 2. LED manufacturers can provide very tight color bins (2-step Macadam Ellipse) in some products. 3. Issues like droop and hot/cold factor can be greatly affected by changes in chromaticity! 4. Ask your LED supplier for data that shows the color point behavior of LEDs under varying operating conditions. 5. Ask your LED supplier for data that shows the color point stability over time (LM-80 test data). 6. If a supplier cant provide the data reconsider using that LED!
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Thank You!

Ralph C. Tuttle Cree, Inc. ralph_tuttle@cree.com

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