Investigation of the Junction Temperature and Carrier Temperature of GaN-Based Blue Micro-LEDv

LI Hui; JIA Xiantao; ZHOU Yugang; ZHANG Rong; ZHENG Youdou

doi:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2023031505

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