Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.179, 81-90, 2019
Modeling of high power light-emitting diode package integrated with micro thermoelectric cooler under various interfacial and size effects
Thermoelectric cooler has been widely used in the thermal management of various electronic devices. However, the application of micro-thermoelectric cooler to high power light-emitting diode still needs to be further explored at present. This paper aims to establish a model of high power light-emitting diode package integrated with micro-thermoelectric cooler and explore the performance of this system under various interfacial and size effects. An experiment is conducted to validate the model. Five types of the micro-thermoelectric coolers are designed and integrated to the light-emitting diode package to reduce the localized junction temperature of the light-emitting diode chip. The influence of interfacial effects, thermoelectric element size, and driving power of micro-thermoelectric cooler on the system-level thermal and optical performance is discussed. Results indicate that the micro-thermoelectric cooler with 6 x 6 thermoelectric elements shows the best cooling performance for the driving power of micro-thermoelectric cooler lower than 0.85 W. For thermoelectric cooler with 6 x 6 thermoelectric elements, a minimum chip junction of 95.9 degrees C, which is 12.3 degrees C lower than that of the light emitting diode without micro-thermoelectric cooler, can be achieved. This characteristic can increase the luminous efficacy and lifetime by 12.3% and 50%, respectively. It also found that the electrical boundary resistance plays a more dominant role, compared with the thermal boundary resistance. However, the thermal contact resistance exhibits greater adverse impact than the electrical contact resistance. In addition, a total performance improvement proportion of 25.5% can still be achieved, although the micro-thermoelectric cooler consumes power energy by 22.5% at the driving power of 0.87 W.
Keywords:High power light-emitting diode;Micro-thermoelectric cooler;Interfacial and size effects;Performance evaluation