AlGaAs Red
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
AIGaAs RED
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
MAXIMUM DC CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
T
A
– AMBIENT TEMPERATURE – °C
V
F
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
Figure 9. Maximum allowable average or DC
current vs. ambient temperature.
Figure 10. Forward current vs. forward voltage.
3.0
RELATIVE LUMINOUS INTENSITY
(NORMALIZEDTO 1 AT 10 mA)
1.2
RELATIVE EFFICIENCY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 10 mA)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
35
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
I
PEAK
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT FOR SEGMENT – mA
Figure 11. Relative luminous intensity vs. DC
forward current.
Figure 12. Relative efficiency (luminous
intensity per unit current) vs. peak current.
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