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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. Basic Principles of LED

Authors : Jinmin Li, Junxi Wang, Xiaoyan Yi, Zhiqiang Liu, Tongbo Wei, Jianchang Yan, Bin Xue

Published in: III-Nitrides Light Emitting Diodes: Technology and Applications

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

LED is a semiconductor optoelectronic device. In contrast with traditional light sources, LED has a list of advantages, such as high efficiency, long lifetime, not easy to break, fast reaction speed and high reliability.

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Metadata
Title
Basic Principles of LED
Authors
Jinmin Li
Junxi Wang
Xiaoyan Yi
Zhiqiang Liu
Tongbo Wei
Jianchang Yan
Bin Xue
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7949-3_2

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