Design methodologies for reliability of SSL LED boards
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This work presents a comparison of various LED board technologies from thermal, mechanical and reliability point of view provided by an accurate 3-D modelling. LED boards are proposed as a possible technology replacement of FR4 LED boards used in 400 lumen retrofit SSL lamps. Presented design methodology can be used for other high power SSL lamp designs. The performance of new LED board designs were evaluated by numerical modeling. Modeling methodology was proven by measurement on reference FR4 LED board. Thermal performance was compared by extracting of LED boards thermal resistances and thermal stress has been inspected considering the widest temperature operating range according to standards (-40 to +125 C). Thermo-mechanical and reliability analysis have been performed to study parameters of each LED board technology, using thermal boundary conditions extracted from the thermal simulation of a whole LED lamp. Elastic-plastic analysis with temperature dependent stress-strain material properties has been performed. The objective of the work is to optimize not only the thermal management by thermal simulation of LED boards, but also to find potential problems from mechanical failure point of view and to present a methodology to design SSL LED boards for reliability. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
TNO Identifier
474970
ISSN
00262714
Source
Microelectronics Reliability, 53(8), pp. 1076-1083.
Publisher
Elsevier
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Pages
1076-1083
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