Analysis of the thermal management of a high power LED package with a heat pipe

Title & Authors
Analysis of the thermal management of a high power LED package with a heat pipe
Kim, Jong-Soo; Kim, Eun-Pil;

Abstract
The thermal management of high-power LED components in an assembly structure is crucial for the stable operation and proper luminous function. This study employs numerical tools to determine the optimum thermal design in LEDs with a heat sink consisting of a crevice-type vapor-chamber heat pipe. The effects of the MCPCB are investigated in terms of the substrate thicknesses on which the LEDs are mounted. Further, different placement configurations in a system module are considered. This study found that for a confined area, a power of 40 W/LED is applicable to a high-power package. Furthermore, the thermal conductivity of dielectric layer materials should ideally be greater than 0.9 W/m.K. The temperature conditions of the vapor chamber in a heat pipe greatly affect the thermal performance of the system. At an offset distance of 9.0 mm and a $\small{2^{\circ}C}$ increase in the temperature of the heat pipe, the resulting maximum temperature increase is approximately $\small{1.9^{\circ}C}$ for each heat dissipation temperature. Finally, at a thermal conductivity of 0.3 W/m.K, it was found that the total thermal resistance changes dramatically. Above 1.2 W/m.K, the resistance change reduces exponentially.
Keywords
Vapor chamber heat pipe;LEDs;Heat dissipation;Numerical method;
Language
English
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