Details

Title

Research on thermal resistance Rthj-c to determine the junction temperature and its impact on selected light parameters of high-power LED sources

Journal title

Opto-Electronics Review

Yearbook

2026

Volume

34

Issue

1

Authors

Affiliation

Baran, Krzysztof : Department of Power Electronics and Power Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, ul. Wincentego Pola 2, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland ; Różowicz, Antoni : Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics, Kielce University of Technology, Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland ; Różowicz, Sebastian : Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics, Kielce University of Technology, Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland ; Strączyński, Paweł : Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics, Kielce University of Technology, Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland

Keywords

LED sources ; junction temperature ; thermal resistance ; light parameters ; optical efficiency

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

e157818

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology

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Date

22.01.2026

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/opelre.2026.157818

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