Measurement of the junction temperature in high-power light-emitting diodes from the high-energy wing of the electroluminescence band

By using pulsed driving currents with a small duty cycle, the high-energy wing of the electroluminescence band in AlGaInP and InGaN high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was calibrated to measure the junction temperature in the range of 223–358K. In a red AlGaInP LED with a thick active layer, an accuracy of 2% was achieved for the junction temperature derived from the high-energy slope in the spectral range free from parasitic absorption by taking into account the three-dimensional density of band states. Meanwhile, the far high-energy region of the slope distorted by parasitic absorption can be used for the extraction of the junction temperature by using only an appropriate linear correction procedure (∼7% accuracy). In a blue InGaN LED with multiple-quantum-well active layers, the junction temperature can be determined with an accuracy of 2% from the inverse derivative of the spectra in a narrow spectral region ∼150meV above the peak energy by using a linear correction.

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