Patent ID: 8222833
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A01G,F21V,F21W,F21Y,H05B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An illumination device for plants, comprising: a lamp seat; at least one lighting unit mounted on said lamp seat and including at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp and a light emitting diode (LED) unit; a driving unit mounted to said lamp seat, coupled to said cold cathode fluorescent lamp and said LED unit of said lighting unit, and operable so as to drive said cold cathode fluorescent lamp and said LED unit of said lighting unit such that each of said cold cathode fluorescent lamp and said LED unit of said lighting unit emits color light having a respective wavelength; and a dimming unit coupled to said driving unit and operable so as to output a dimming output to said driving unit, said driving unit driving said cold cathode fluorescent lamp and said LED unit of said lighting unit based on the dimming output from said dimming unit so that the color light emitted by each of said cold cathode fluorescent lamp and said LED unit of said lighting unit has a respective light intensity.