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Color rendering ability and luminous efficacy enhancements in white light-emitting diodes

  • Roya Mirhosseini*
  • , Martin Schubert
  • , Sameer Chhajed
  • , Jaehee Cho
  • , Jong Kyu Kim
  • , E. Fred Schubert
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

There exists a fundamental trade-off relation between color rendering index (CRI) and luminous efficacy; in other words, improvements in one are generally detrimental to the other. We analyze and demonstrate through simulation that phosphor-converted white LEDs with dual-blue emitting active regions, as opposed to single-blue emitting active regions, significantly enhance color rendering ability while maximizing the output luminous flux. The improvements are achieved over a broad range of correlated color temperatures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNinth International Conference on Solid State Lighting
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event9th International Conference on Solid State Lighting - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 2009.08.32009.08.5

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7422
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Solid State Lighting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period09.08.309.08.5

Keywords

  • Color rendering index
  • CRI
  • Dual-blue
  • Dual-color
  • LED
  • Light-emitting diodes
  • Luminous efficacy

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