Thermal Management of Bright LEDs for Automotive Applications

Author

Lai, Yan ; Cordero, Nicolás

Author_Institution

Tyndall Nat. Inst., Cork

fYear

2006

fDate

24-26 April 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

High brightness white light emitting diodes (LEDs) have shown to be very promising for many illumination applications such as outdoor illumination, task and decorative lighting as well as aircraft and automobile illumination, including automotive headlights. The objective of this paper is to investigate the cooling solutions of such LEDs in automotive applications. In this research, a thermal design from device to board to system level has been carried out, and optimisation work has been done to find the optimum thermal performance. Both natural and forced convection have been explored and conclusions are drawn for each case in this specific application

Keywords

automotive electronics; brightness; cooling; light emitting diodes; lighting; thermal management (packaging); aircraft illumination; automobile illumination; automotive headlights; automotive illumination; cooling solutions; lighting; thermal design; thermal management; white light emitting diodes; Aircraft; Automobiles; Automotive applications; Automotive engineering; Brightness; Cooling; LED lamps; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Thermal management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal, Mechanical and Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, 2006. EuroSime 2006. 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Como

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0275-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESIME.2006.1643953

Filename

1643953