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A19 Reference Overview
AppLiCAtiOn nOte
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within the past year the leD industry has begun
producing white, high power LEDs in sufficient volume
that value-priced light bulbs are now practical consumer
products. In North america many retailers now have
leD bulbs as part of their inventory of lighting products.
most leD replacement lamps or leD light bulbs pose
significant
design
problems
in
managing
thermal
equilibrium. These problems were always less severe for
gas discharge and filament lamps because these lamps
are inherently convective and dissipate heat through
the same path as the light. leDs, whose thermal load
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