- Joined
- May 26, 2015
- Messages
- 51
- Points
- 8
Is there any information or could someone do a test for me to get accurate temperature of a few diodes? Trying to collect data for a thermal engineer.
Welcome to Laser Pointer Forums - discuss green laser pointers, blue laser pointers, and all types of lasers
How to Register on LPF | LPF Donations
temperature of 9mm diode after 5 min
- Thread starter gcsutherland
- Start date
ARG
0
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2011
- Messages
- 6,772
- Points
- 113
Need more information. Temperature is dependent on thermal resistance and power dissipation, a thermal engineer would tell you the same thing.
To answer this we would need to know
A) The heatsink that is being used with the diode
B) The power dissipation of the diode (can be found by subtracting input power from optical output)
C) Ambient air temperature
Simply put:
T_diode = T_ambient + power dissipated by the heatsink * total thermal resistance from the diode to the heatsink fins
To answer this we would need to know
A) The heatsink that is being used with the diode
B) The power dissipation of the diode (can be found by subtracting input power from optical output)
C) Ambient air temperature
Simply put:
T_diode = T_ambient + power dissipated by the heatsink * total thermal resistance from the diode to the heatsink fins
Last edited: