8
HER, Yellow, Green, Orange
100
100
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
DC
MAXIMUM
OPERATING OF I
MAXIMUM
DC
10
10
1 KHz
100 HZ
300 Hz
10 KHZ
100 KHz 3 KHz
1
1
DC OPERATION
DC OPERATION
1
10
100
1000
10000
1
10
100
1000
10000
t
– PULSE DURATION – µs
t
– PULSE DURATION – µs
P
P
Figure 6. Maximum Tolerable Peak Current vs.
Pulse Duration – HER, Orange.
Figure 7. Maximum Tolerable Peak
Current vs. Pulse Duration – Yellow.
100
50
R
= 770°C/W
θ
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
J-A
45
40
OPERATING OF I
MAXIMUM
DC
35
30
25
20
15
10
HER, ORANGE
10
GREEN
YELLOW
100 Hz
10 KHZ 3 KHz 1 KHz
300 Hz
5
0
1
DC OPERATION
1
10
100
1000
10000
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
T
– AMBIENT TEMPERATURE – °C
A
t
– PULSE DURATION – µs
P
Figure 8. Allowable Peak Current vs.
Pulse Duration – Green.
Figure 9. Maximum Allowable DC Current per
Segment as a Function of Ambient Temperature.
1.8
100
80
12
10
8
YELLOW
1.6
HER / ORANGE
HER / ORANGE
60
1.4
YELLOW
YELLOW
6
GREEN
1.2
40
HER / ORANGE
4
GREEN
20
1.0
0.8
GREEN
2
0
0
0
0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
0
20
40
60
80
100
5
10
15
20
25
30
I
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
PEAK
V
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
I
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
F
F
Figure 10. Forward Current vs.
Forward Voltage Characteristics.
Figure 11. Relative Luminous
Intensity vs. DC Forward Current.
Figure 12. Relative Efficiency (Luminous
Intensity per Unit Current) vs. Peak
Current.