CALiPER Report 20.3: Robustness of LED PAR38 Lamps

Poplawski, Michael E. ; Royer, Michael P. ; Brown, Charles C.

关键词: CALiPER;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1170112
RP-ID  :  PNNL-23971
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1170112
Others  :  Other: BT0301000

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Three samples of 40 of the Series 20 PAR38 lamps underwent multi-stress testing, whereby samples were subjected to increasing levels of simultaneous thermal, humidity, electrical, and vibrational stress. The results do not explicitly predict expected lifetime or reliability, but they can be compared with one another, as well as with benchmark conventional products, to assess the relative robustness of the product designs. On average, the 32 LED lamp models tested were substantially more robust than the conventional benchmark lamps. As with other performance attributes, however, there was great variability in the robustness and design maturity of the LED lamps. Several LED lamp samples failed within the first one or two levels of the ten-level stress plan, while all three samples of some lamp models completed all ten levels. One potential area of improvement is design maturity, given that more than 25% of the lamp models demonstrated a difference in failure level for the three samples that was greater than or equal to the maximum for the benchmarks. At the same time, the fact that nearly 75% of the lamp models exhibited better design maturity than the benchmarks is noteworthy, given the relative stage of development for the technology.