Junction temperature rise due to self-heating effects in GaInN blue light-emitting diodes

  • Se Joon Oh
  • , Jaehee Cho*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Originating from a non-radiative recombination in the active region of a light-emitting diode (LED), the self-heating effect was investigated under continuous wave (cw) operation with a GaInN blue LED. Current–voltage (I–V) characteristics under pulse operation that lacked self-heating were measured and compared with the corresponding I–V measurement under the cw operation. Accordingly, a comparison of the measured I–V curves enabled estimation of the junction temperature of the LED during the cw operation. The junction temperature of the device increased as high as 323 K at an input current of 480 mA. The operating current showed a weaker temperature dependence in accordance with the bias increase, which is explained by the expansion of the Shockley diode equation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-11
Number of pages4
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume641
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017.11.1

Keywords

  • Gallium nitride
  • Junction temperature
  • Light-emitting diode
  • Self-heating

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Physics & Astronomy

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