Electrical efficiency and droop in MQW LEDs

V. K. Malyutenko

doi:10.1117/12.2041567

27 February 2014 Electrical efficiency and droop in MQW LEDs

V. K. Malyutenko

Proceedings Volume 9003, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XVIII; 90031T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041567
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

It is believed that low power conversion efficiency in commercial MQW LEDs occurs as a result of efficiency droop, current-induced dynamic degradation of the internal quantum efficiency, injection efficiency, and extraction efficiency. Broadly speaking, all these “quenching” mechanisms could be referred to as the optical losses. The vast advances of high-power InGaN and AlGaInP MQW LEDs have been achieved by addressing these losses. In contrast to these studies, in this paper we consider an alternative approach to make high-power LEDs more efficient. We identify current-induced electrical efficiency degradation (EED) as a strong limiting factor of power conversion efficiency. We found that EED is caused by current crowding followed by an increase in current-induced series resistance of a device. By decreasing the current spreading length, EED also causes the optical efficiency to degrade and stands for an important aspect of LED performance. This paper gives scientists the opportunity to look for different attributes of EED.

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V. K. Malyutenko "Electrical efficiency and droop in MQW LEDs", Proc. SPIE 9003, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XVIII, 90031T (27 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041567

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