Advances in LEDs for automotive applications

Jy Bhardwaj; Rao Peddada; Benno Spinger

doi:10.1117/12.2214205

8 March 2016 Advances in LEDs for automotive applications

Jy Bhardwaj, Rao Peddada, Benno Spinger

Proceedings Volume 9768, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XX; 976811 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214205
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

High power LEDs were introduced in automotive headlights in 2006-2007, for example as full LED headlights in the Audi R8 or low beam in Lexus. Since then, LED headlighting has become established in premium and volume automotive segments and beginning to enable new compact form factors such as distributed low beam and new functions such as adaptive driving beam. New generations of highly versatile high power LEDs are emerging to meet these application needs. In this paper, we will detail ongoing advances in LED technology that enable revolutionary styling, performance and adaptive control in automotive headlights. As the standards which govern the necessary lumens on the road are well established, increasing luminance enables not only more design freedom but also headlight cost reduction with space and weight saving through more compact optics. Adaptive headlighting is based on LED pixelation and requires high contrast, high luminance, smaller LEDs with high-packing density for pixelated Matrix Lighting sources. Matrix applications require an extremely tight tolerance on not only the X, Y placement accuracy, but also on the Z height of the LEDs given the precision optics used to image the LEDs onto the road. A new generation of chip scale packaged (CSP) LEDs based on Wafer Level Packaging (WLP) have been developed to meet these needs, offering a form factor less than 20% increase over the LED emitter surface footprint. These miniature LEDs are surface mount devices compatible with automated tools for L2 board direct attach (without the need for an interposer or L1 substrate), meeting the high position accuracy as well as the optical and thermal performance. To illustrate the versatility of the CSP LEDs, we will show the results of, firstly, a reflector-based distributed low beam using multiple individual cavities each with only 20mm height and secondly 3x4 to 3x28 Matrix arrays for adaptive full beam. Also a few key trends in rear lighting and impact on LED light source technology are discussed.

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Jy Bhardwaj, Rao Peddada, and Benno Spinger "Advances in LEDs for automotive applications", Proc. SPIE 9768, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XX, 976811 (8 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214205

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