8
HER, Yellow, Green, Orange
I
F
PEAK RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING
PEAK CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE
I
DC
MAX
DERATED DC CURRENT
100
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
DC
MAXIMUM
I
F
PEAK RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING
I
DC
MAX PEAK CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE
DERATED DC CURRENT
100
10
10
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
DC
MAXIMUM
10
3K
Hz
Z
H
0
10 Hz
0
30
z
1
0
30
1K
10
KH
Z
0
10
3
H
K
K
0
Hz
z
H
H
Hz
K
H
z
z
1
1
10
DC OPERATION
100
1000
10000
1
1
10
DC OPERATION
100
1000
10000
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µs
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µs
Figure 6. Maximum Tolerable Peak Current vs.
Pulse Duration – HER, Orange.
Figure 7. Maximum Tolerable Peak
Current vs. Pulse Duration – Yellow.
I
F
PEAK RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING
I
DC
MAX PEAK CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE
DERATED DC CURRENT
100
I
DC
MAX – MAXIMUM DC CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
50
OPERATION IN THIS
REGION REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
OPERATING OF I
DC
MAXIMUM
R
θ
= 770°C/W
J-A
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
20 30
40
50
60
70 80
90 100 110 120
YELLOW
HER, ORANGE
GREEN
10
0
10
10
K
H
Z
3
K
H
1
K
H
z
z
30
0
H
H
z
z
1
1
10
100
1000
10000
DC OPERATION
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µs
T
A
– AMBIENT TEMPERATURE – °C
Figure 8. Allowable Peak Current vs.
Pulse Duration – Green.
Figure 9. Maximum Allowable DC Current per
Segment as a Function of Ambient Temperature.
η
PEAK – RELATIVE EFFICIENCY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 5 mA FOR HER,
ORANGE AND YELLOW, AND 10 mA FOR GREEN)
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
RELATIVE LUMINOUS INTENSITY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 5 mA FOR HER AND )t
(YELLOW AND TO 1 AT 10 mA FOR GREEN)
100
12
1.8
YELLOW
1.6
HER / ORANGE
80
10
HER / ORANGE
8
60
YELLOW
40
HER / ORANGE
20
GREEN
0
1.4
GREEN
1.2
6
YELLOW
4
GREEN
1.0
2
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0.8
0
20
40
60
80
100
0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
V
F
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
I
PEAK
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
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.