Datasheet
LUXEONRebelColorPortfolioDatasheetDS6820140215©2014PhilipsLumiledsLightingCompany. 23
Product Binning and Labeling
Purpose of Product Binning
Inthemanufacturingofsemiconductorproducts,thereisavariationofperformancearoundtheaverage
valuesgiveninthetechnicaldatasheets.Forthisreason,PhilipsLumiledsbinstheLEDcomponentsfor
luminousux,colorandforwardvoltage(V
f
).
Decoding Product Bin Labeling
LUXEONRebelColorPortfolioemittersarelabeledusingathreeorfourdigitalphanumericcode(CAT
code)depictingthebinvaluesforemitterspackagedonasinglereel.Allemitterspackagedwithinareel
areofthesame3-variablebincombination.Usingthesecodes,itispossibletodetermineoptimummixing
andmatchingofproductsforconsistencyinagivenapplication.
Format of Labeling for Emitters
Reelsofgreen,cyan,blue,royalblue,red,red-orange,amberandPCamberemittersarelabeledwitha
threedigitalphanumericCATcodefollowingtheformatbelow.
ABC
A= Fluxbin(J,K,L,Metc.)
B= Colorbin(2,4,6etc.)
C= V
f
bin(D,E,F,G,etc.)
ReelsoflimearelabeledwiththefollowingCATcodeformatbelow.
ABCD
A= Fluxbin(F,G,H,etc.)
BC=Colorbin(A0)
D= V
f
bin(P,R)