University College of Engineering:Kakatiya University: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University College of Engineering:Kakatiya University: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ENGINEERING:KAKATIYA
UNIVERSITY
B.TECH (3/4)
available in 60,100,200
Watts
Inability to withstand
fluctuations in power
supply
Positives
• Cheap to manufacture & buy
• Easier to come by
• Generally stronger light output
• Better for seeing through Fog and Smoke
Negatives
• Horrible patterns in light
• VERY breakable
• Hot burning
• Heavy on battery consumption
• Short lifespan
• Yellowish color filters out anything
with yellow in it, IE: White looks
yellow, yellow doesn’t show, red
looks brown, green looks black.
CFL bulbs
• CFL is an acronym for
COMPACT
FLUORESCENT LAMP
• Life span is 8000 hours
• Available in the range of
11-18 Watts
• Basic price is 100rs
Positives
CFLs use 75% less energy, produce 75%
less heat and last up to ten times longer
than the average incandescent bulb.
They are relatively inexpensive.
One bulb can help reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by hundreds of pounds.
Negatives
CFLs contain about 4 to 5 mg of toxic
mercury, which can be harmful to humans
and the environment if bulbs are not
disposed of properly.
Depending on the type of bulb, CFLs require
a warm-up period between one minute to
three minutes before they achieve full
brightness.
LED is an
acronym
for LIGHT
EMITTING
DIODE
LED
What is an LED ?
• Instead of a filament they use a semiconductor diode which
emits narrow-spectrum light.
• Depending on the composition & condition of the
semiconducting material used (Silicone, germanium), they
come in either Infrared for sensing heat, Visible for every
day use, or Near-Ultraviolet.
• An LED consists of a chip of semiconducting material that
has been “doped” with impurities in order to create a p-n
junction.
• A p-n junction is basically a junction between an anode and
a cathode.
• Current flows easily from the p-side to the n-side, but never
in the reverse order.
• The wavelength and color of the LED depends on the band-
gap energy of the materials forming the p-n junction.
LED: How It Works
• When current flows
across a diode