Operational Considerations
Electrical Description
These display devices are com-
posed of light emitting diodes, with
the light from each LED optically
stretched to form individual dots.
These display devices are well
suited for strobed operation. The
typical forward voltage values can
be scaled from Figure 2. These
values should be used to calculate
the current limiting resistor value
and the typical power dissipation.
Expected maximum V
F
values, for
driver circuit design and maximum
power dissipation, may be
calculated using the following
V
F
MAX models:
AlGaAs Red
(HDSP-M10x):
V
F
MAX = 1.8 V + I
PEAK
(20
)
For I
PEAK
≤
20 mA
V
F
MAX = 2.0 V + I
PEAK
(10
)
For I
PEAK
≥
20 mA
HER (HDSP-450x):
V
F
MAX = 1.75 V + I
PEAK
(35
)
For I
PEAK
≥
5 mA
Green (HDSP-510x):
V
F
MAX = 1.75 V + I
PEAK
(38
)
For I
PEAK
≥
5 mA
Figure 3 allows the designer to
calculate the luminous intensity at
different peak and average
currents. The following equation
calculates intensity at different
peak and average currents:
I
V
AVG = (I
F
AVG/I
F
AVG DATA
SHEET)(
η
PEAK
)(I
V
DATA SHEET)
Where:
I
F
AVG is the desired time averaged
LED current.
I
F
AVG DATA SHEET is the time
averaged data sheet test current
for I
V
DATA SHEET.
η
PEAK
is the relative efficiency at
the peak current, scaled from
Figure 3.
I
V
DATA SHEET is the time
averaged data sheet luminous
intensity, resulting from I
F
AVG
DATA SHEET.
I
V
AVG is the calculated time
averaged luminous intensity
resulting from I
F
AVG.
For example, what is the luminous
intensity of an AlGaAs Red (HDSP-
L10X) driven at 50 mA peak 1/5
duty factor
I
F
AVG = 50 mA * 0.2 = 10 mA
I
F
AVG DATA SHEET = 2 mA
η
PEAK
= 0.98
I
V
DATA SHEET = 1650
μ
cd
Therefore
I
V
AVG = (10 mA/2 mA)(0.98)
(1650
μ
cd) = 8085
μ
cd
Thermal Considerations
The device thermal resistance may
be used to calculate the junction
temperature of the central LED.
The equation below calculates the
junction temperature of the central
(hottest) LED.
T
J
= T
A
+ (P
D
)(R
θ
J-A
)(N)
P
D
=(V
F
MAX)(I
F
AVG)
R
θ
J-A
=
R
θ
J-PIN
+ R
θ
PIN-A
T
J
is the junction temperature of
the central LED.
T
A
is the ambient temperature.
P
D
is the power dissipated by one
LED.
N is the number of LEDs ON per
character.
V
F
MAX is calculated using the
appropriate V
F
model.
R
θ
J-A
is the package thermal
resistance from the central LED
to the ambient.
R
θ
J-PIN
is the package thermal
resistance from the central LED
to pin.
R
θ
PIN-A
is the package thermal
resistance from the pin to the
ambient.
For example, what is the maximum
ambient temperature an HDSP-
L10X can operate with the
following conditions:
I
PEAK
= 125 mA
I
F
AVG = 10 mA
R
θ
J-A
= 50
°
C/W
N = 35
T
J
MAX = 110
°
C
V
F
MAX = 2.0 V + (0.125 A)(10)
= 3.25 V
P
D
= (3.25 V)(0.01 A)
= 0.0325 W
T
A
= 110
°
C –
(50
°
C/W)(0.0325 W)(35)
= 53
°
C
The maximum number of dots ON
for the ASCII character set is 20.
What is the maximum ambient
temperature an HDSP-L10X can
operate with the following
conditions:
I
PEAK
= 125 mA
I
F
AVG = 10 mA
R
θ
J-A
= 50
°
C/W
N = 20
T
J
MAX = 110
°
C
V
F
MAX = 3.25 V
P
D
= 0.0325 W
T
A
= 110
°
C –
(50
°
C/W)(0.0325 W)(20)
= 77
°
C
Therefore, the maximum ambient
temperature can be increased by
reducing the average number of
dots ON from 35 to 20 dots ON per
display.
Contrast Enhancement
For information on contrast
enhancement, please see
Application Note 1015.
Soldering/Cleaning
For Soldering/Cleaning information
on soldering LEDs, please refer to
Application Note 1027.
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July 8, 2004
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