7
AlGaAs Red
100
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
MAXIMUM
DC
10
1 KHz
100 Hz
300 Hz
10 KHZ 3 KHz
1
DC OPERATION
1
10
100
1000
10000
t
– PULSE DURATION – µs
P
Figure 1. Maximum Tolerable Peak Current vs. Pulse
Duration – AlGaAs Red.
2.00
160
140
1.75
1.50
120
AlGaAs RED
100
1.25
1.00
0.75
80
60
40
AlGaAs RED
0.50
0.25
0
20
0
0
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
0
F
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
I
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
V
F
Figure 2. Forward Current vs. Forward Voltage.
Figure 3. Relative Luminous Intensity vs. DC Forward
Current.
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
AlGaAs RED
0.6
0.5
5.0
50.0 150.0
2.0
3.0
10.0 20.0
30.0 100.0
500.0
1.0
I
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
PEAK
Figure 4. Relative Efficiency (Luminous Intensity per
Unit Current) vs. Peak Current.
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