Light-Emitting Diodes in Automotive Forward Lighting Applications: Materials Engineering Solutions to Fundamental Challenges 2004-01-0225
Innovative LED lighting solutions have become more prevalent in automotive signal lighting during the past few years. However, to date, there has been no penetration into the various forward lighting applications. This is primarily due to significant materials engineering and optical design challenges that have made LEDs impractical or impossible to use in forward lighting applications where harsh environs and exacting beam pattern requirements exist. This paper will focus on these challenges, discuss recent progress in LED technology and, for the first time, demonstrate an LED source with comparable luminance to a filament bulb light source.
Citation: Kern, R., "Light-Emitting Diodes in Automotive Forward Lighting Applications: Materials Engineering Solutions to Fundamental Challenges," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0225, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0225. Download Citation
Author(s):
R. Scott Kern
Affiliated:
Lumileds Lighting, LLC
Pages: 8
Event:
SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Lighting-SP-1875, SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Materials and Manufacturing-V113-5
Related Topics:
Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
Optics
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