Solid State Lighting Reliability: Components to Systems: 1 (Solid State Lighting Technology and Application Series, 1) - Tapa dura

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David A. J. Seargent holds an MA and PhD, both in Philosophy, from the University of Newcastle NSW, where he formerly worked as a tutor in Philosophy for the Department of Community Programs/Workers' Educational Association external education program. He is also an avid astronomer and is known for his observations of comets, one of which he discovered in 1978. Together with his wife Meg, David lives at The Entrance, north of Sydney on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of two published astronomy books: 'Comets: Vagabonds of Space' (Doubleday, 1982), and 'The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars & Celestial Scimitars' (Springer 2008). Currently he is the author of a regular column in 'Australian Sky & Telescope' magazine. His latest work for Springer is 'Weird Astronomy: Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations' (2010).

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Solid State Lighting Reliability: Components to Systems begins with an explanation of the major benefits of solid state lighting (SSL) when compared to conventional lighting systems including but not limited to long useful lifetimes of 50,000 (or more) hours and high efficacy. When designing effective devices that take advantage of SSL capabilities the reliability of internal components (optics, drive electronics, controls, thermal design) take on critical importance. As such a detailed discussion of reliability from performance at the device level to sub components is included as well as the integrated systems of SSL modules, lamps and luminaires including various failure modes, reliability testing and reliability performance. This book also:

• Covers the essential reliability theories and practices for current and future development of Solid State Lighting components and systems
• Provides a systematic overview for not only the state-of-the-art, but also future roadmap and perspectives of Solid State Lighting reliability
• Discusses the reliability of LEDs and all other components, including the integrated systems of SSL modules, lamps and luminaires, failure modes, reliability testing and performance testing

Solid State Lighting Reliability: Components to Systems is an ideal book for industry professionals, researchers, and graduate students interested in a reference book for solid state lighting reliability from the performance of the (sub-) components to the total system.