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LM-80-08 Testing Result Summary and L70 Life Prediction

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Contents Introduction LM-80-08 Test Set-up Summary LM-80-08 Test Result Summary L70 Life Prediction Summary
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Introduction
This document provides the test result summary of LED Engins LZ4 and LZC LED white emitters based on IES LM08-08 approved method. Additionally, predicted life time for 70% lumen maintenance (L70) based on the available testing data is presented. IES LM-80-08 tests are performed in an EPA recognized third-party laboratory (ORB Optronix Inc., PJLA accreditation #69190). This document summarizes the test results from ORB Optronix reports for LED Engin LZ4 and LZC white emitters. This is not an original LM-80-08 test report. This document is subject to change without notice. The original LM-80-08 issued by ORB Optronix Inc. can be requested by contacting LED Engin Inc. directly.

LM-80-08 Test Set-up Summary

LM-80-08 tests are performed by ORB Optronix Inc. based on IES LM-80-08 Approved Method: Measuring Lumen Maintenance of LED Light Sources. LM-80-08 does not attempt to induce any failure modes other than the maintenance of lumen output and chromaticity shift. All pertinent data concerning conditions of testing, type of equipment and types of LED light sources tested are listed below: 1. Number of samples tested: 28 units per test condition 2. Description of LED light sources: LED Packages 3. Description of auxiliary equipment: a. Thermal chamber: Orb Thermal Platform b. Current source: Vektrex SS200 c. Photometric test current source: Keithley 2425 d. Photometric test thermal control: Orb Optronix TEC-100 e. Spectrometer: Orb Optronix SP-50 f. Integrating sphere: SphereOptics 20 4. Operating cycle: LED Packages are driven at a constant current for both life testing and photometric test. 5. Ambient conditions, airflow, and relative humidity: LEDs are operated on controlled thermal plates in an environment that complies with the requirements given in IES LM-80-08 standard. 6. Case temperature (test point temperature): The temperature measurement point is on the surface of the emitters (see Figure 1) 7. Drive current during life test: 700 mA for each LED die. 8. Photometric measurement uncertainty: K=2 expanded measurement uncertainty for relative luminous flux measurements is 2.0%.

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Ts

(a) LZ4 Warm White Emitter

(b) LZC Warm White Emitter

Figure 1: Case temperature measurement point

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LM-80-08 Test Result Summary

Tables 1 and 2 summarize the LM-80 test results under various test conditions. Reference reports are ORB Optronix reports LEDN002-01-040 and LEDN002-02-040. Two aspects of the test results are lumen maintenance and chromaticity shift. Lumen maintenance is the luminous flux output at any selected elapsed operating time. It is a measure of how well a light source maintains its lumen output over time, typically shown as a percentage of initial light output. In general, 70% lumen maintenance is close to the threshold at which the human eye can detect a reduction in light output and is widely used as minimum lumen maintenance criteria. In addition to lumen degradation, the chromaticity of light will shift with time, which is expressed by chromaticity coordinates such as (u, v). Duv is defined as the closest distance from the Planckian locus on the (u, 2/3v) diagram. Table 1: LZ4 Warm White LED emitters Case Life Testing Avg. Lumen o Temperature, C Time, Hrs Maintenance, % 55 6000 101.3 85 6000 100.7 95 6000 99.9 Table 2: LZC Warm White LED emitters Case Life Testing Avg. Lumen o Temperature, C Time, Hrs Maintenance, % 55 6000 101.6 85 6000 97.7

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Drive current, mA 700 700 700

Avg Chromaticity Shift (Duv) 0.0024 0.0022 0.0018

Tests 1 2

Drive current, mA 700 700

Avg Chromaticity Shift (Duv) 0.0023 0.0019

(1) Lumen Maintenance

For LZ4 warm white emitters, the test data up to 6000 hours of testing are plotted in Figure 2. The luminous flux data at the end of 6000 hours does not show any degradation. 120% 100% Lumen Maintenance, % 80% 60% 40% 55C 20% 0% 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Life Testing Time, Hours Figure 2: Lumen Maintenance of LZ4 warm white emitters @ IF =700 mA 4
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70% Lumen Maintenance

85C 95C

Figure 3 shows the lumen maintenance data for LZC warm white emitters tested at a drive current of 700 mA. Under the same drive current conditions and case temperatures, slight luminous flux degradation is observed. The detailed L70 life prediction will be discussed in the following section. 120%

100% Lumen Maintenance, %

80%

70% Lumen Maintenance 70

60%

40% 55C 85C 0% 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Life Testing Time, Hours Figure 3: Lumen Maintenance of LZC warm white emitters @ IF =700 mA

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(2) Chromaticity Shift Duv

IES LM-80-08 specifies that chromaticity shift at each read-out should be reported with luminous flux data. Figures 4 and 5 show the chromaticity shift with time for both LZ4 and LZC warm white emitters. It is obvious from the data that Duv for each types of emitters tested up to 6000 hours are well below the EPA/Energy Star limit of 0.007. 0.010 55C 0.008 Energy Star Duv limit: 0.007 Chromaticity Shift, Du'v' 0.006 85C 95C

0.004

0.002

0.000 0 2000 4000 Life Testing Time, Hours Figure 4: Chromaticity shift of LZ4 warm white emitters @ IF=700 mA 6000 8000

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0.010 55C 85C 0.008 Energy Star Duv limit: 0.007 Chromaticity Shift, Du'v' 95C

0.006

0.004

0.002

0.000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000

Life Testing Time, Hours Figure 5: Chromaticity shift of LZC warm white emitters @ IF=700 mA

L70 Life Prediction

Using an industry standard exponential decay model, L70 life for LZC warm white emitters driven at 700 mA and o case temperature of 85 C, is projected to be at approximate 85,000 hours, as shown in Figure 6. Under a lower drive current and case temperature, L70 life time will be improved. There is no lumen degradation upto 6000 hrs of testing for LZ4 white emitters. The lumen maintenance life of LZ4 and LZC emitters will be significantly improved when used in a lower driven current and a lower case temperature.

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120%

Ts=85C

100% Lumen Maintenance, %

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70% Lumen Maintenance

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Figure 6: Lumen maintenance life prediction for LZC warm white emitters @ IF =700 mA

Summary
This document describes the LM-80-08 lumen maintenance and color stability results based on testing data from EPA recognized third party labs. Up to 6000 hours of testing, LZ4 emitters do not show any lumen degradation and o LZC emitters show slight lumen degradation at case temperature of 85 C or higher. Applying an exponential decay o model on 6000 hours of testing data, the L70 life for LZC emitters running at case temperature lower than 85 C is over 85,000 hours. In addition, chromaticity shift for both type of emitters are well below EPA/ENERGY STAR limit of 0.007 under the specified test conditions. LED Engins product is designed to achieve robust lumen maintenance of greater than 70% on average after 50,000 hours or higher when used in accordance with published guidelines.

LED Engin Company Information

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