AlGaAs Red
I
F
PEAK RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING
PEAK CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE
I
DC
MAX
DERATED MAXIMUM DC CURRENT
100
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
DC
MAXIMUM
10
0
10
1
0
30
10
K
H
Z
3
K
H
K
H
z
z
H
z
H
z
1
1
10
100
1000
10000
DC OPERATION
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µs
Figure 1. Maximum Tolerable Peak Current vs. Pulse
Duration – AlGaAs Red.
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
160
RELATIVE LUMINOUS INTENSITY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 20 mA)
2.00
1.75
1.50
1.25
1.00
AlGaAs RED
0.75
0.50
0.25
0
140
120
AlGaAs RED
100
80
60
40
20
0
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
V
F
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
Figure 2. Forward Current vs. Forward Voltage.
Figure 3. Relative Luminous Intensity vs. DC Forward
Current.
η
PEAK
– NORMALIZED RELATIVE EFFICIENCY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 20 mA)
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
AlGaAs RED
0.6
0.5
1.0
2.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 150.0
3.0
30.0 100.0
500.0
I
PEAK
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
Figure 4. Relative Efficiency (Luminous Intensity per
Unit Current) vs. Peak Current.
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