How the integrating sphere measures LED lights

Posted By HOPOO   |   02 Sep, 2022   |   848 views
How the integrating sphere measures LED lights

The integrating sphere is a cavity sphere whose inner wall is coated with white diffuse reflective material, also known as photometric sphere, luminous flux sphere, etc. One or several window holes are opened on the spherical wall, which are used as light inlet holes and receiving holes for placing light receiving devices. The inner wall of the integrating sphere should be a good spherical surface, and it is generally required that its deviation from the ideal spherical surface should not be greater than 0.2% of the inner diameter. The inner wall of the sphere is coated with an ideal diffuse reflection material, that is, a material with a diffuse reflection coefficient close to 1.

The working principle of the integrating sphere :
The light is collected by the integrating sphere through the sampling port as shown in the figure below. After multiple reflections inside the integrating sphere, the light will exist very uniformly at various positions inside the integrating sphere.

When using the light in the integrating sphere to measure, it can make our measurement results more reliable. The advantage of using the integrating sphere structure is that the shape of the light, the angle of divergence, and the responsivity of different positions on the detector can be reduced and eliminated. measurement errors caused by differences.

How does the integrating sphere measure LED lights?

1. Preparation: Prepare an integrating sphere of suitable size, a standard light source with a luminous flux close to the light source of the lamp, and an ambient temperature of about 25 degrees to avoid wind blowing into the integrating sphere;

2. Inspection: Install the standard light source into the integrating sphere, connect the current source and power meter, and then light the standard light source. In the integrating sphere software operation interface, adjust to continuous test, until the luminous flux reaches stability, record its luminous flux value;

3. Calibration: The operation of calibration is similar to that of checking, except that calibration is performed before lighting the standard light source. After the luminous flux is stable, input the standard color temperature and standard luminous flux of the standard light source in the integrating sphere software operation interface, and then click to start calibration, the integrating sphere tester will automatically complete the calibration;

4. Test the sample: Install the sample into the integrating sphere, light the sample, close the integrating sphere, and start the test. After the luminous flux is stable, record the value.

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