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KR20140116536A - Lighting device and method of lighting - Google Patents
KR20140116536A
KR20140116536A KR1020147023479A KR20147023479A KR20140116536A KR 20140116536 A KR20140116536 A KR 20140116536A KR 1020147023479 A KR1020147023479 A KR 1020147023479A KR 20147023479 A KR20147023479 A KR 20147023479A KR 20140116536 A KR20140116536 A KR 20140116536A
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토마스 지. 콜맨
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An illumination device for emitting light with an efficiency of at least 60 lumens / Watt is provided. The illumination device includes at least one solid state light emitter, e.g., one or more light emitting diodes, and optionally one or more lumiphor. In some embodiments, the output light is at least 300 lumens of brightness. In some embodiments, the output light has a CRI Ra of at least 90. Also provided is an illumination method comprising the step of supplying electricity to a lighting device emitting light with a light efficiency of at least 60 lumens / Watt.
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a lighting device and a lighting method,
This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 809,618, filed May 31, 2006, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference and is entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method " Anthony Paul van De Ben and Thomas G. Coleman).
The invention relates to a lighting device, in particular a lighting device comprising at least one solid state light emitter, which provides excellent efficiency. The invention also relates to an illumination method which provides excellent efficiency, in particular to an illumination method comprising supplying a current to a solid state light emitter.
A large percentage of electricity generated in the US each year (some estimates as high as 25%) are used for lighting. Therefore, there is still a need to provide more energy-efficient illumination. Incandescent bulbs are a very energy-inefficient light source - it is well known that about 90% of the electricity they consume is emitted as heat rather than light. Fluorescent bulbs are more efficient than incandescent bulbs (by a factor of about 10), but are much less efficient than solid state light emitters such as light emitting diodes.
In addition, compared to the normal lifetime of a solid state light emitter such as a light emitting diode, the incandescent bulb has a relatively short lifetime, typically about 750 to 1000 hours. In comparison, the light emitting diode has a lifetime of, for example, 50,000 to 70,000 hours. Fluorescent bulbs have longer lifetimes (e.g., 10,000 to 20,000 hours) than incandescent bulbs, but provide less color reproducibility.
Color reproducibility is typically measured using Color Rendering Index Ra (CRI Ra). The CRI Ra is the modified average of the relative measurements of what the color rendering of the illumination system is compared to the color rendition of the reference radiator when illuminating with eight reference colors, Is a relative measure of the shift in the surface color of the object as it is illuminated by it. CRI Ra is 100 if the color coordinate of a test color set illuminated by the illumination system is the same as the coordinates of the same test color illuminated by the reference copy. The daylight has a high CRI (approximately 100 Ra), while the incandescent bulb is also relatively close (Ra greater than 95) and fluorescent lighting less accurate (typically 70 to 80 Ra). Certain types of special lighting have a very low CRI (e.g., a mercury vapor or sodium lamp has an Ra as low as about 40 or less). Sodium lighting is used, for example, in light highways - driver response times are significantly reduced with lower CRI Ra values (for any given brightness, legibility decreases with lower CRI Ra) .
Another problem encountered in conventional lighting fixtures is the need to periodically replace lighting devices (e.g., bulbs). This problem is particularly pronounced in cases where access is difficult (e.g., vaulted ceilings, piers, high-rise buildings, traffic tunnels) and / or replacement costs are extremely high. The typical lifetime of a conventional lighting fixture is about 20 years, corresponding to at least about 44,000 hours of lighting use (based on 6 hours of use per day for 20 years). Lighting device life is typically much shorter, thus creating a need for periodic replacement.
Therefore, for these and other reasons, efforts are underway to develop ways in which solid state light emitters can be used in place of incandescent lighting, fluorescent lighting and other lighting devices in a wide range of fields. In addition, it is possible to reduce the energy efficiency, the CRI Ra, the contrast, the luminous efficiency (lm / W) and / or the usage time when the light emitting diode (or other solid state light emitter) Efforts are underway to provide improved light emitting diodes (or other solid state light emitters).
A variety of solid state light emitters are well known. For example, one type of solid state light emitters is a light emitting diode.
Light emitting diodes are semiconductor devices that convert current into light. A wide variety of light emitting diodes are being used in an increasingly diverse range of applications for a wide range of purposes.
More specifically, the light emitting diode is a semiconductor element that emits light (ultraviolet light, visible light, or infrared light) when a potential difference is applied across the p-n junction structure. There are a number of well known schemes for fabricating light emitting diodes and many related structures, and the present invention can employ any such device. For example, Sze et al., Chapter 12-14 of Sze " Physics of Semiconductor Devices "(1981 2d Ed. 1981) Chapter 7 of " Modern Semiconductor Device Physics "(1998) describes various photonic devices including light emitting diodes.
The expression "light emitting diode" is used herein to refer to a basic semiconductor diode structure (i.e., a chip). A conventionally recognized and commercially available "LED" sold in electronics stores (for example) typically represents a "packaged" These packaged devices are typically described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,918,487; 5,631,190; And semiconductor-based light emitting diodes, including but not limited to those described in US Pat. No. 5,912,477, various wire connectors, and packages encapsulating light emitting diodes.
As is well known, a light emitting diode generates light by exciting electrons across the bandgap between the conduction band and the valence band of the semiconductor active (light emitting) layer. The electron transition generates light at a wavelength dependent on the bandgap. As such, the color (wavelength) of the light emitted by the light emitting diode depends on the semiconductor material of the active layer of the light emitting diode.
The development of light-emitting diodes has revolutionized many ways in the lighting industry, but some of the properties of light-emitting diodes present challenges, some of which are still not fully satisfied. For example, the emission spectrum of any particular light emitting diode is typically concentrated around a single wavelength (as indicated by the composition and structure of the light emitting diode), which is desirable for some applications, but is undesirable for other applications (For example, when providing illumination, this emission spectrum provides a very low CRI Ra).
Since light perceived as white is a mixture of light of two or more colors (or wavelengths), no single light emitting diode junction capable of producing white light has been developed. A "white" LED lamp having light emitting diode pixels / clusters formed of respective red, green and blue light emitting diodes was created. Another "white" LED lamp produced includes a light emitting diode that emits blue light and (2) a light emitting material (eg, a phosphor) that emits yellow light upon excitation by light emitted by the light emitting diode Whereby the blue light and the yellow light produce light perceived as white light when mixed.
In addition, the mixing of the primary colors to create a combination of non-primary colors is generally well understood in the art and other techniques. In general, the 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram (international standard for the primary colors established in 1931) and the 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram (similar to the 1931 chromaticity diagram, but with similar distances on the chromaticity diagram modified to represent similar perceptual differences in color) Provides a useful criterion for defining the color as a weighted sum of the primary colors.
The CRI Ra of an efficient white LED lamp is generally low (in the range of 65 to 75) compared to an incandescent light source (CRI Ra of 100). In addition, the color temperature for LEDs is generally "cooler" (~ 5500K), less desirable than the color temperature of incandescent or CCFL bulbs (~ 2700K). Both of these disadvantages in LEDs can be improved by the addition of other LEDs or lumiphores of the selected saturated color. As pointed out above, the light source according to the present invention may utilize a particular color "blend" of the light source of a particular (x, y) color chromaticity coordinates [the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 752,555, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", filed as U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 752,555 (inventor: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerard H. Negley). For example, light from an additional selected saturable light source can be mixed with the broad spectrum light source (s) of the unsaturated type to provide uniform illumination without any discoloration of any area; If desired, for apparent reasons, the individual light emitters can be made so that they are not observed as discontinuous elements or discontinuous color areas when the illumination light source or aperture is directly observed.
As such, the light emitting diodes may be selectively or separately provided with one or more light emitting materials (e.g., phosphor or scintillator) and / or filters to generate light of any desired perceptual color (including white) May be used in any combination. Thus, for example, an area in which efforts are made to replace existing light sources as light emitting diode light sources to improve energy efficiency, CRI Ra, light efficiency (lm / W) and / It is not limited to color mixing.
An aspect related to the present invention can be shown on a 1931 CIE (Commission International de l'Eclairage) chromaticity or 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram. Figure 1 shows a 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram. Figure 2 shows the 1976 chromaticity diagram. Figure 3 shows the enlarged portion of the 1976 chromaticity diagram to show the blackbody locus in more detail. Those skilled in the art are familiar with these chromaticities and these chromaticity diagrams are readily available (for example, by searching for "CIE chromaticity diagrams" on the Internet).
The CIE chromaticity diagram shows the color perception of a person with two CIE factors (for 1931 chromaticity degrees) x and y or (for 1976 chromaticity degrees) u 'and v'. A technical description of the CIE chromaticity diagram is given in, for example, "Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology ", Volume 7, 230-231 [Robert A. Meyers ed., 1987 ]. Spectral colors are distributed around the edge of the outlined space that contains all the hues perceived by the human eye. The boundary line represents the maximum saturation for the spectral color. As described above, the 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram is similar to the 1931 chromaticity diagram except that the 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram is modified so that similar distances on the drawings are modified to show similarly perceived differences in hue.
In 1931 chromaticity diagrams, deviations from points on the drawing can be expressed in coordinates, or alternatively, represented by MacAdam ellipses to present an indication of the extent of difference perceived in color have. For example, the locus of points formed when 10 McAdams ellipses from a designated hue formed by a specific set of coordinates on the chromaticity diagram of 1931 is in the normal range (and is different from a specific hue by a different number of McAdam ellipses (E.g., for the trajectories of the points formed when the image is formed).
Since similar distances on the 1976 chromaticity diagrams represent similar perceived differences in color, the deviation from the point on the 1976 chromaticity diagram is the coordinate u 'and v', for example the distance from the point = (Δu ' 2 + Δv' 2) can be expressed as ½, tones formed by the locus of points in each of the conventional distance from the specified hue, are typically composed of a specified color tone and color tone individually recognized.
The chromaticity coordinates and the CIE chromaticity diagrams shown in Figs. 1 to 3 are shown in Figs. H. Butler, pages 98-107 of "Fluorescent lamps" (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980) , Pp. 109 to 110 of "Luminescent Materials" (Springer-Bareag 1994), and other publications.
The chromaticity coordinates (i. E., Hue points) along the blackbody trajectory follow Planck's equation: E (?) = A? -5 / (e (B / T) -1) where E is the emission intensity, T is the color temperature of the black body, and A and B are constants. Color coordinates lying on the blackbody locus or near the blackbody locus produce satisfactory white light for the human observer. The 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram includes a listing of temperatures along the blackbody trajectory. These temperature listings show the color path of the blackbody radiation to cause it to increase to this temperature. As the heated object is incandescent, the object first emits red, then yellow, then white, and finally blue. This occurs because the wavelength associated with the peak radiation of the blackbody radiation portion is gradually shortened with increasing temperature according to the Wien Displacement Law. As described above, the light-emitting bodies that generate light on the blackbody locus or in the vicinity of the blackbody locus can be described in terms of their color temperatures.
The symbols A, B, C, D and E are also shown on the 1976 CIE chromaticity diagram, which represent light generated by several standard-shaped illuminants correspondingly identified as illuminants A, B, C, D and E, respectively It says.
A wide variety of light emitting materials are known and available to those skilled in the art (e.g., also known as lumiphor or luminophoric media such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,600,175, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference) . For example, phosphorus is a luminescent material that emits a reactive radiation (e.g., visible light) when excited by an excitation radiation source. In many cases, the response radiation has a different wavelength than the wavelength of the excitation radiation. Another example of the light emitting material includes a scintillator, a day glow tape that emits in visible spectrum upon illumination with ultraviolet light, and an ink.
The luminescent material can be classified as down-converted, that is, materials that convert photons at lower energy levels (longer wavelengths), or materials that convert the photons up-converted, i.e., at higher energy levels (shorter wavelengths) .
The inclusion of the light-emitting material in the LED element can be achieved by, for example, mixing or coating a light-emitting material in a transparent or substantially transparent encapsulated material (e.g., epoxy, silicone, glass or metal oxide based material) .
For example, U.S. Patent No. 6,963,166 (Yano '166) discloses a conventional light emitting diode lamp, which includes a light emitting diode chip, a bullet-shaped transparent housing to cover the light emitting diode chip, And a cup reflector that reflects the emission of the light emitting diode chip in a uniform direction. The light emitting diode chip is surrounded by the first resin portion and further surrounded by the second resin portion. According to Yano '166, the first resin part is filled with a resin material in the cup reflection part, and after the light emitting diode chip is mounted on the bottom of the cup reflection part, the cathode and anode electrodes are electrically connected to the lead through the wire And then curing the resin material. According to YANO '166, the phosphor is dispersed in the first resin portion and excited by light A emitted from the light emitting diode chip, and the excited phosphor produces fluorescence ("light B") having a longer wavelength than light A , A part of the light A passes through the first resin part including the phosphor and consequently the mixed light C of the light A and the light B is used as illumination.
As mentioned above, "white LED light" (i.e., light perceived as white or nearly-white) has been studied as a potential replacement for a white incandescent lamp. A representative example of a white LED lamp includes a package of a blue light emitting diode chip made of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) or gallium nitride (GaN) coated with a phosphor such as YAG. In such an LED lamp, a blue light emitting diode chip produces an emission having a peak wavelength of about 450 nm, and the phosphor produces yellow fluorescence having a peak wavelength of about 550 nm when receiving the emission. For example, in some designs, a white light emitting diode lamp is fabricated by forming a ceramic phosphor layer on the output surface of a blue light emitting semiconductor light emitting diode. Part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting diode chip passes through the phosphor while part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting diode chip is absorbed by the phosphor, which is excited and emits yellow light. A portion of the blue light emitted by the light emitting diode that transmits the phosphor is mixed with the yellow light emitted by the phosphor. The observer perceives a mixture of blue and yellow light as white light. Another type uses blue or purple light emitting diode chips in combination with phosphor materials that produce red or orange and green or yellowish green light. In such a lamp, a portion of the blue or purple light emitted by the light emitting diode chip excites the phosphor, thereby causing the phosphor to emit red or orange and yellow or green light. These lights combined with blue or purple light can produce a perception of white light.
As also mentioned above, in another type of LED lamp, a light emitting diode chip emitting ultraviolet light is combined with a phosphor material that produces red (R), green (G), and blue (B) light. In such LED lamps, the ultraviolet light emitted from the light emitting diode chip excites the phosphors, causing the phosphors to emit red, green and blue light, and is perceived as white light in the human eye upon mixing. As a result, white light can also be obtained as a mixture of these lights.
When replacing another light source such as an incandescent bulb with a light emitting diode, the packaged LED comprises a base plate attached to a conventional lighting fixture such as a hollow lens and a lens, wherein the base plate has one or more contacts Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; a &lt; / RTI &gt; conventional socket housing. For example, an LED bulb comprising an electrical circuit board, a plurality of packaged LEDs mounted on a circuit board, and a connection post attached to the circuit board and adapted to be connected to the socket housing of the lighting fixture, Lt; / RTI &gt;
There is a "white" LED light source that is relatively efficient, but with a poor color rendering index, i.e. a CRI Ra of typically less than 75, which is particularly lacking in red color representation and also lacks significant green representation. This means that many things, including typical human complexions, food, labeling, paintings, posters, signage, clothing, upholstery, plants, flowers, cars, etc., show strange or false colors compared to being illuminated as incandescent or natural daylight do. Typically, such a white LED has a color temperature of approximately 5000K, which is generally not visually comfortable for general illumination, but may be desirable for commercial production or illumination of advertising and prints.
Colored objects illuminated by RGB LED lamps often do not look that true color. For example, an object that appears to be yellow when illuminated by white light because it reflects only yellow light may appear gray when illuminated with light having an apparent yellow hue produced by the red and green LEDs of the RGB LED setup . Therefore, it is believed that these lamps do not provide excellent color rendering especially when illuminating various settings, such as in general illumination. In addition, currently available green LEDs are relatively inefficient, limiting the efficiency of such lamps.
Some so-called "warm white" LEDs have more acceptable color temperature (typically 2700 to 3500K) for indoor applications, and in some cases (but not all) many such warm white LEDs have good CRI (yellow and red phosphors In the case of mixing, as high as Ra = 95), but their efficiency is generally significantly lower than the standard "cool white" LED efficiency.
The use of LEDs with a wide range of tints similarly requires the use of LEDs with various efficiencies, including some LEDs with low efficiency, thus reducing the efficiency of such systems, controlling many different types of LEDs, Dramatically increasing circuit complexity and cost to maintain balance.
Therefore, there is a need for a high efficiency solid state white light source that combines the efficiency and longevity of a white LED lamp with acceptable color temperature and good color rendering index, good contrast, wide gamut and simple control circuitry.
In the case of a conventional LED package comprising a phosphor, a significant portion of the excitation light (i. E., Light from the LED) (e. G., In most cases, as large as 20-25%) is returned from the phosphor into the light emitting diode chip / Reflection (scattering). Since the backscattered light scattered back into the light emitting diode chip itself is very unlikely to come from the chip, this backscattering results in energy loss of the system.
Additionally, the phosphor converted light is omnidirectional, and as a result typically 50% of the light is redirected back to the LED light source.
Further, " self-absorption "may occur if the luminescent element is excessively thick / thick or the luminescent material (e.g., phosphor) content in the luminescent element is excessively large. Self-absorption occurs when the emission light in the packaging layer stays in the packaging layer, thereby exciting the other phosphor particles, ultimately absorbing or otherwise leaving the device, reducing performance (intensity) and efficiency. In addition, if the particle size of the light emitting material (e.g., phosphor) is excessively large, particles of the light emitting material can cause undesirable scattering in both the excitation light source (LED chip) and the light generated by the phosphor.
There is still a need for a method of using light emitting diodes in a wider range of applications, with greater energy efficiency, with improved color rendering index (CRI Ra), improved light efficiency (lm / W) and / .
In a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a lighting device comprising at least one solid state light emitter, wherein the lighting device has a brightness of at least 60 lumens per watt of electricity of a first wattage when a first wattage of electricity is supplied An illumination device for emitting output light is provided.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the output light has a brightness of at least 300 lumens.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the lighting device emits output light at a brightness of at least 70 lumens per watt of electricity of a first wattage when a first wattage of electricity is supplied.
In some embodiments in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, the lighting device is configured such that at least 80 lumens (in some cases, ≥85 lumens / watt) of electricity per watt of the first wattage of electricity when a first wattage of electricity is applied And emits output light of brightness.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the solid state light emitters are first light emitting diodes.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the illumination device comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes including a first light emitting diode.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the lighting device further comprises at least one luminifer.
In some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the lighting device further comprises at least one power line, wherein at least a first group of light emitting diodes are electrically connected to the power line either directly or in a switchable manner, (E.g., 1.410 to 1.420 times) of the standard exit voltage (e.g., a standard exit voltage of 110 V AC) across the light emitting diode of the light emitting diode and any other part along the power line.
In the second aspect of the present invention, in the surrounding portion including the surrounding space and at least one lighting device according to the present invention, when the lighting device is illuminated, a surrounding portion for illuminating at least a part of the surrounding portion is provided.
In a third aspect of the invention, in a lighting element comprising a surface and at least one lighting device according to the invention, a lighting element is provided in which, when the lighting device is illuminated, the lighting device illuminates at least a part of the surface.
In a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an illumination method comprising supplying a first wattage of electricity to a lighting device, wherein the illumination device is configured to produce an output light having an efficiency of at least 60 lumens per watt of electricity of a first wattage An illumination method for emitting light is provided.
In an embodiment according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the output light has a brightness of at least 300 lumens.
In an embodiment according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the output light is perceived as white.
In some embodiments according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the lighting device emits output light at a brightness of at least 70 lumens per watt of electricity of a first wattage when a first wattage of electricity is supplied.
In some embodiments in accordance with the fourth aspect of the present invention, the lighting apparatus is configured such that at least 80 lumens (in some cases, &gt; = 85 lumens / watt) of electricity per watt of the first wattage when supplied with electricity of a first wattage And emits output light of brightness.
In an embodiment according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the solid state light emitters are the first light emitting diodes. In some such embodiments, the illumination device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes including a first light emitting diode.
In an embodiment in accordance with the fourth aspect of the present invention, the illumination device further comprises at least one luminifer. In some such embodiments, each lumipolar is positioned within about 750 [mu] m of at least one light emitting diode.
In an embodiment according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the lighting device further comprises at least one power line, at least a first group of light emitting diodes are electrically connected to the power line either directly or in a switchable manner, (E.g., 1.410 to 1.420 times) of the standard exit voltage (e.g., a standard exit voltage of 110 V AC) across the light emitting diode of the light emitting diode and any other part along the power line.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention may be more completely understood with reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.
Figure 1 shows a 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram.
Figure 2 shows the 1976 chromaticity diagram.
Figure 3 shows an enlarged portion of the 1976 chromaticity diagram to show the blackbody locus in detail.
Fig. 4 shows a first embodiment of a lighting apparatus according to the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the plane VV shown in Fig. 4 (not drawn on the same scale as Fig. 4). Fig.
6 is a cross-sectional view of one red LED 16a employed in the embodiment shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of one green-amber color light emitter 16b employed in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.
As mentioned above, in the first aspect of the present invention, in a lighting apparatus comprising at least one solid state light emitter, the lighting apparatus includes at least a first watt number of watt An illuminating device for emitting output light having a brightness of 60 lumens is provided. In some embodiments of the first aspect of the present invention, the output light is warm white.
Light efficiency (unit: lumen / watt) refers to the brightness as measured here for the exit energy as used herein, which means that the wall plug efficiency (often different from the values given for the individual components and / &Lt; / RTI &gt; That is, "light efficiency" means the lumen obtained from the power input to the illumination device (as opposed to the lumen obtained from the power input to the LED) as used herein, i.e. the light efficiency is simply one or more Is determined based on the total power consumed when operating the lighting device, unlike the power consumed in the part.
The expression "illuminated" means that at least some of the current is supplied to the solid state light emitters as used herein when referring to solid state light emitters, causing the solid state light emitters to emit at least some light. The expression "illuminated" refers to a situation in which a solid-state light emitter continuously or intermittently emits light at a rate perceived by the human eye as continuously emitting light, or a plurality of solid state light emitters of the same color, Intermittently and / or intermittently (with or without superimposition in "on" time), as the eyes of the eye emit light continuously (and as a mixture of these colors when different colors are emitted) And alternately emits light.
The expression "excited" as used herein when referring to a luminifer means that at least some of the electromagnetic radiation (e.g., visible light, UV light or infrared light) is in contact with the lumiphor, And the like. The expression "excited" refers to a situation in which a luminifer emits light continuously or intermittently at a rate perceived by the human eye as continuously emitting light, or a situation in which a plurality of lumiphores of the same color or of different colors emit light Intermittently and / or alternately (with or without superimposition in "on" time), as a continuous light emission (and as a mixture of these colors when different colors are emitted) And emits light.
As used herein, the term "substantially" means at least about 90% correspondence with the listed features. For example, the expression " substantially transparent "means that the structure, which is characterized as being substantially transparent, as used herein, permits passage of at least 90% of light having a wavelength within the range of interest. The expression "substantially even" means that the spacing between any two items is different by not more than 10% from the average spacing between pairs of such adjacent items.
Any desired solid state light emitters or light emitters may be employed in accordance with the present invention. Those skilled in the art will recognize and readily access a wide range of such light emitters. Such solid state light emitters include inorganic and organic light emitters. Examples of such light emitters include a wide range of light emitting diodes (including inorganic or organic light emitting diodes (PLEDs), laser diodes, thin film electroluminescent devices, and light emitting diodes (LEDs) (Thus, it is not necessary to detail these devices and / or the materials from which such devices are made).
Each light emitter may be similar to one another, may be different from one another, or may be any combination (i.e., a solid-state light emitter of one kind or one or more solid state emitters of two or more kinds of each) ).
As mentioned above, one class of solid state light emitters that can be employed is LEDs. Such LEDs can be selected from any light emitters (a wide range of light emitting diodes are readily available and well known to those skilled in the art, so that it is not necessary to detail these and / or materials making these devices). For example, examples of types of light emitting diodes include inorganic and organic light emitting diodes, and a wide variety of individual light emitting diodes are well known in the art.
Representative examples of such LEDs, many of which are known in the art, may include lead frames, luminaires, encapsulant regions, and the like.
A representative example of a suitable LED is described in the following patent documents:
(1) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 753,138, filed on December 22, 2005, entitled "Lighting Device", inventor Gerald H. Negley, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference ;
(2) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 794,379, filed on April 24, 2006, entitled " Method of Dispersing Spectral Content in an LED by Spatially Separating Lumipper Films "(inventor: Gerald H. Negley and Anthony Paul van den Benel, Attorney Docket 931_006 PRO), all of which are incorporated herein by reference;
(3) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 808,702, filed May 26, 2006, entitled " Illumination Device "; inventor: Gerald H. N. Glay and Anthony Paul van den Benel, Attorney Docket No. 931_009 PRO ), Which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(4) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 808,925, filed on May 26, 2006, entitled "Solid State Light Emitting Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same", inventors Gerald H. Negley and Neil Hunter, Attorney Docket No. 931_010 PRO), all of which are incorporated herein by reference;
(5) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 802,697, filed on May 23, 2006, entitled "Lighting Device and Method of Manufacturing the Invention", inventor Gerald H. Negley, Attorney Docket No. 931_011 PRO, The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(6) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 839,453, filed on August 23, 2006, entitled " Illumination Device and Lighting Method "; inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel and Gerard H. Negley; No. 931_034 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(7) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 857,305, filed on November 7, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method "; inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel and Gerard H. Negley; No. 931_027 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(8) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 851,230, filed on October 12, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Method of Manufacturing ", inventor Gerald H. Negley, Attorney Docket No. 931_041 PRO, Which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The illumination device according to the present invention may comprise any desired number of solid state light emitters.
As mentioned above, in some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the illumination device further comprises at least one luminifer.
As mentioned above, in some embodiments according to the present invention, the illumination device further comprises at least one luminifer (i.e., a luminescent region or luminescent element comprising at least one luminescent material). The expression "luminifer" as used herein refers to any light emitting element, i. E., Any element comprising a light emitting material.
One or more lumipers, if provided, can be any lumipers individually, and a wide variety of lumiphores are known in the art. For example, one or more luminescent materials in the lumiphor may be selected from a phosphor, a scintillator, a dayglass tape, an ink that emits in the visible spectrum upon illumination with ultraviolet light, and the like. The one or more light emitting materials may be down-converted or up-converted, or may comprise a combination of both types. For example, the first lumipolar may comprise one or more down-converted luminescent materials.
One or more of the lumiphores (or respective lumipers) may be fabricated from any one or more materials, including, for example, epoxy, silicon, glass, metal oxides or any other suitable material (E. G., Transparent or substantially transparent, or slightly diffusive) binder made of a material (e. G., The above phosphors may be dispersed in one or more binders) Or composed thereof). In general, the thicker the lumiphor, the lower the weight percentage of phosphorus can be. Representative examples of weight percentages of phosphorus include from about 3.3 to about 20 weight percent, but as noted above, depending on the overall thickness of the phosphor, the weight percentage of phosphorus generally ranges from, for example, 0.1 to 100 weight percent Such as a lumipole formed by applying a hot isostatic pressing procedure.
The apparatus in which the luminifer is provided may further include one or more transparent encapsulants (e.g., comprising one or more silicon materials) positioned between the solid state light emitters (e.g., light emitting diodes) and the luminifer have.
The one or more lumipers (or respective lumipers) may independently include any of a plurality of known additives, such as dispersants, dispersants, dyes, and the like.
As mentioned above, in some embodiments according to the first aspect of the present invention, the lighting apparatus further comprises at least one power line, wherein at least the first group of light emitting diodes are electrically And the voltage drop across the first group of light emitting diodes and along any other part along the power line is 1.2 to 1.6 times, for example 1.3 to 1.5 times the standard exit voltage (e.g., a standard exit voltage of 110 V AC) , 1.410 to 1.420 times).
For example, if the voltage from the outlet is 110 V AC and the power line is connected in series to a plurality of blue light emitting diodes and a current regulator, the current regulator has a voltage drop of 7.6 V and each LED has a voltage drop of 2.9 V , The proper number of such light emitting diodes included in the power line is 51. [
Similarly, when the voltage from the outlet is 110 V AC and the power line is connected in series to a plurality of blue light emitting diodes, a plurality of red light emitting diodes and a current regulator, the current regulator has a voltage drop of 7.6 V, If the diode has a voltage drop of 2.9 V and each red light emitting diode has a voltage drop of 2.0 V and the ratio of the blue light emitting diodes to the sum of the blue light emitting diodes and red light emitting diodes is in the range of about 0.4 to about 0.6 , The appropriate number of each light emitting diode included on the power line is 24 blue light emitting diodes and 47 red light emitting diodes.
In addition, one or more scattering elements (e.g., layers) may optionally be included in the illumination device according to this aspect of the invention. The scattering element can be included in the luminifer and / or a separate scattering element can be provided. A wide variety of distinct scattering elements and combined emissive and scattering elements are well known to those skilled in the art, and any such element may be employed within the illumination device of the present invention.
In certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention, U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 753,138, filed December 22, 2005, entitled " Illumination Device ", filed on December 22, 2005, One or more light emitting diodes may be included in the package with one or more lumiphores and one or more lumiphores within the package may be spaced from the one or more light emitting diodes in the package such that the improved light Extraction efficiency can be achieved.
In certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention, a method of displacing spectral content within an LED by spatially separating a &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; lumiPfer film, &lt; / RTI &gt; filed on January 23, 2006, Two or more lumiphores may be provided and two or more lumiphores are spaced apart from one another, as described in U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 761,310 (inventors: Gerald H. Ngley and Anthony Paul van de Ben) .
The solid state light emitters and optional luminaires can be selected to produce any desired mixing of light.
Representative examples of suitable combinations of these components to provide the desired light mix are described in the following patent documents:
(1) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 752,555, filed on December 21, 2005, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventors: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Nelle, The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(2) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 752,556, filed on December 21, 2005, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventors: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Negley, The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(3) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 793,524, filed April 20, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventors: Anthony Paul van De Ben and Gerald H. Negley, The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(4) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 793,518, filed April 20, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventors: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Negley; The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(5) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 793,530, filed April 20, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventors: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Negley; The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(6) U.S. Patent Application No. 11 / 566,440, filed on December 4, 2006, entitled " Illumination Device and Lighting Method ", inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel and Gerard H. Negley; No. 931_035 NP), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(7) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 868,986, filed on December 7, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method "; inventor: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Negley; No. 931_053 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(8) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 857,305, filed November 7, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method "; inventor: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Gerald H. Negley; No. 931_027 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(9) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 891,148, filed on February 22, 2007, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method, Light Filter and Light Filter Method "; inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel; No. 931_057 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The expression "perceived as white" means here that normal human vision can perceive light as light (i. E., The light characterized as being perceived as white) as white.
Similarly, the expression "perceived as non-white" is used herein to mean that the normal human field of view is capable of detecting light (i. E., Light characterized as being "perceived as non- &Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; (including &lt; / RTI &gt;
The lighting apparatus of the present invention can be arranged and mounted in any desired manner, supplied with electricity, and mounted on any desired housing or facility. Those skilled in the art will be familiar with a wide array of mounting designs, power supplies, housings and equipment, and any such arrangements, designs, devices, housings, and equipment may be employed in connection with the present invention. The lighting device of the present invention can be electrically connected (or selectively connected) to any desired power source, and is familiar with a variety of such power sources.
All of which are suitable for the lighting device of the present invention, a design of mounting the lighting device, a design for mounting the lighting device, a device for supplying electricity to the lighting device, a housing for the lighting device, A representative example is described in the following patent documents:
(1) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 752,753, filed on December 21, 2005, entitled " Lighting Device ", inventors: Anthony Paul van de Ben and Neil Hunter, ;
(2) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 798,446 (inventor: Anthony Paul van de Ben) (Attorney Docket 931_008) filed on May 5, 2006 and entitled "Lighting Device" Included here;
(3) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 761,879, filed on January 25, 2006, entitled " Illumination Device With Cooling Portion ", inventor: Thomas Coleman, Gerald H. Negley and Anthony Paul van den Bennett ) (Attorney Docket 931_007), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(4) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 809,461, filed May 31, 2006, entitled " Illumination Device and Lighting Method with Color Control ", inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel (Attorney Docket No. 931_015 ), Which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(5) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 809,595, filed May 31, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device and Lighting Method ", inventor Gerald H. Negley (Attorney Docket No. 931_018) The entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference;
(6) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 845,429, filed on September 18, 2006, entitled " Lighting Device, Lighting Assembly, Facility and Method of Use "; inventor: Anthony Paul van den Benel; Attorney Docket No. 931_019 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
(7) U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 846,222, filed on September 21, 2006, entitled " Lighting Assembly, Method of Installing and Lighting Replacement Method ", invented by Anthony Paul van De Ben and Gerald H. Negley; Attorney Docket 931_021 PRO), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety;
The expression "illumination device" is not limited as long as it can emit light as used herein. That is, the lighting device may be any device that illuminates any area or volume (e.g., a room, a swimming pool, a warehouse, a indicator, a road, a vehicle, a road sign, a billboard, a ship, a boat, an aircraft, a stadium, a tree, , An array of devices or devices that illuminate the enclosure, or a device used for corner or backlight (e.g., backlight poster, signage, LCD display), or any other light emitting device.
The present invention also relates to a lighting system comprising at least one lighting device according to the invention and a surrounding space, wherein the lighting device illuminates at least a part of the surrounding part (uniformly or non-uniformly) (whose volume is uniformly or non-uniformly (Which can be illuminated).
The invention also includes a surface and at least one illumination device according to the invention, the illumination device relates to an illumination surface for illuminating at least part of the surface.
The present invention also relates to a lighting system comprising at least one lighting device according to the invention in a swimming pool, a room, a warehouse, an indicator, a road, a vehicle, a road sign, a bulletin board, a ship, a boat, an aircraft, And at least one area selected from the group consisting of a mounted lamppole.
The apparatus according to the present invention may further comprise at least one long-life cooling device (e.g., a fan with an extremely high lifetime). Such long-lived cooling device (s) may include piezoelectric or magnetostrictive materials (e.g., MR, GMR, and / or HMR materials) that move air as a "Chinese fan". When cooling the device according to the invention, only air sufficient to destroy the boundary layer is typically required to induce a temperature drop of 10 占 폚 to 15 占 폚. Therefore, in this case, a strong "breeze" or large fluid flow rate (large CFM) is typically not required (thus avoiding the need for a conventional fan).
In certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention, U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 761,879, filed January 25, 2006, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference, and which is entitled " : Thomas Coleman, Gerald H. J. Ngley and Anthony Paul van der Ben) can be employed.
The apparatus according to the invention may further comprise a secondary lens (optic) which further changes the projection properties of the emitted light. Since these secondary lenses are well known to those skilled in the art, they need not be described here in detail - any secondary lens can be employed if desired.
The apparatus according to the present invention may further include a sensor, a charging device, a camera, or the like. For example, those skilled in the art are familiar with, and readily accessible to, devices that detect one or more events and initiate lighting, operation of a security camera, etc. (e.g., motion detectors that detect movement of objects or persons) . As a representative example, the apparatus according to the present invention may include a lighting device and a motion sensor according to the present invention, and (1) when the motion sensor senses movement while light is being illuminated, (2) when the motion sensor detects the movement, the light is illuminated in the area near the position of the detected motion and the security camera is operated to record the time data at or near the motion detection position A configuration that is operated to record time data, and the like.
4, a heat dissipation element 11 (formed of aluminum), an adiabatic region 12 (formed in the system by the polarization surface of the aluminum heat dissipation element), (by polishing the surface of the aluminum heat dissipation element A leadframe 15 formed of silver-plated copper (or silver-plated mild steel), a high reflectivity surface 13 (formed in the system), a conductive trace 14 formed of copper, (Which is made of a registered trademark MCPET having a diffuse light scattering surface (marketed by Furukawa, Japan)) and a diffusing element 18 ) (Diffusion element 18 performs a light scattering function).
The thickness of the heat-dissipating element 11 is about 10 mm.
The reflective conical portion 17 has a thickness of about 1 mm.
The diffusing element 18 has a thickness of about 0.2 mm and is made of glass (or plastic).
The apparatus shown in Fig. 4 further comprises an insulating element 28 underneath the conductive traces 14. The insulation element 28 has a thickness of about 250 [mu] m and is made of the registered trademark T-preg by the registered trademark T-Lam (see www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/cpmt/presentations/cpmt0412.pdf).
The apparatus shown in Fig. 4 includes three serial strings of LED light emitters.
The LED stringers of the first string include a current regulator, 47 red LEDs 16a (shown in more detail in FIG. 6), and 16 LEDs (shown in more detail in FIG. 7), each of which is a blue LED and a wide- And 21 green-yellow colored light emitters 16b are connected.
The LED string of the second string is connected to a current regulator, zero red LED, and 51 green-yellow colored light emitters 16b (as above).
The LED string of the third string is connected to a current regulator, zero red LED, and 51 green-amber-colored light emitters 16b (as above).
The voltage drop across each red LED 16a is about 2V.
The voltage drop across each blue LED is about 3V.
The voltage drop across each current regulator is about 7V.
The current through the LED light emitter of the first string is adjusted to be about 20 mA.
The current through the LED light emitter of the second string is adjusted to be about 20 mA.
The current through the LED light emitter of the third string is adjusted to be about 20 mA.
The diffusing element 18 is located at a distance of about 5.08 cm (2 inches) from the heat-dissipating element 11. The diffusing element 18 is attached to the upper region of the reflective conical portion 17. The insulating element 28 is also attached to the bottom area of the reflective conical portion 17.
The heat-dissipating element 11 dissipates heat, acts as a heat sink, and dissipates heat from the LED. Likewise, the reflective conical portion 17 functions as a heat dissipating portion. In addition, the reflective conical portion 17 includes a ridge 19 to improve its reflective properties.
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the plane V-V shown in Fig. 4 (not drawn to the same scale as Fig. 4).
5, each red LED 16a is surrounded by five or six green-yellow tinted light emitters 16b, i. E., A red LED 16a and a green- The yellowish-colored light emitters 16b are arranged in substantially laterally arranged rows and are substantially evenly spaced from one another, and each row is separated by a half of the distance between laterally adjacent light emitting diodes , And in most locations, the two green-yellow colored light emitters 16b are offset from the next adjacent row in the same row as the respective red LEDs 16a, And the red LEDs 16a in each column are positioned between the red LEDs 16a and the red LEDs 16a in the respective adjacent columns by 1 and 1/2 of the distance between adjacent laterally spaced light emitting diodes And is offset from the adjacent red LED (s) 16a. The distance between each adjacent LED in each column is about 6 mm.
6, each red LED 16a is a red LED chip 21 (manufactured from Epstein of Taiwan, measured at 14 mils x 14 mils, containing AlInGaP and having a brightness of 600 mcd or more) A lead frame 15 having a reflective surface 22, a copper wire 23, and a sealing region 24. The reflective surface 22 is made of silver. The sealing region 24 is made of Hysol OS 4000. The red LEDs 16a are almost saturated, i.e. they have a purity of at least 85%, the term "purity" has the meaning well known to those skilled in the art, and procedures for calculating purity are well known to those skilled in the art. The red LED 16a emits light having a dominant wavelength in the range of about 612 to about 625 nm.
Referring to Fig. 7, each green-yellow colored light emitter 16b emits blue light emitting diode chip 31 (i.e., a peak wavelength range of about 450 to about 465 nm and an optical power of more than 24 mW A lead frame 15 having a reflective surface 32, a copper wire 33, a seal region 34 and a lumipher 35 emitting a broad spectrum. The Cree XT LED (C460XT290) The reflective surface 32 is made of silver. Sealing region 34 is made of Hysol OS400 or GE / Toshiba INVISIONS 5332. The lumiphor 35 comprises a luminescent material consisting of QMK58 / F-U1 YAG: Ce by Phosphor Tech-UK dispersed in a binder made of Hysol OS400 or GE / Toshiba 5332. The light emitting material is loaded into the binder in an amount within a range of about 10 to about 12 weight percent based on the total weight of the binder and the light emitting material. The luminescent material particles have a particle size in the range of about 1.6 to about 8.6 mu m and an average particle size in the range of about 4 to about 5 mu m. The lumiphor 35 is spaced from the chip 31 by a distance in the range of about 100 to about 750 microns (e.g., about 500 to about 750 microns, e.g., about 750 microns). The blue chip 31 emits light having a peak wavelength in the range of about 450 to about 465 nm.
Emitted by the luminescent material when excited by the combined light emanating from the lumiphor 35 (i.e., the blue light emitted by the blue chip 31 passing through the loupper and the light emitted from the blue chip 31) Mixing of light comprising light] is a 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram with x, y color coordinates defining a point in the region on the 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram surrounded by the first, second, third, fourth and fifth line segments The first line segment connects a first point to a second point, the second line segment connects a second point to a third point, and the third line segment corresponds to a point on the third The fourth line segment connects the fourth point to the fifth point, the fifth line segment connects the fifth point to the first point, and the first point connects the x, y coordinates of 0.32, 0.40 , The second point has x, y coordinates of 0.36, 0.48, the third point has 0.43, 0.45 the fourth point has x, y coordinates of 0.42, 0.42, the fifth point has x, y coordinates of 0.36, 0.38, and the specific example has 0.3706, 0.4370 and 3400 And a point having x, y color coordinates of 0.3550 and 0.4089 for K light.
8 to 11 show a second embodiment of the lighting apparatus according to the present invention. 8 is a partial cutaway view of the illumination device of the second embodiment. 9 is a sectional view of a lighting apparatus whose shape is slightly different from that shown in Fig. 8, but the description below is applied equally.
Referring to FIG. 9, the lighting device includes a light engine housing 41. The apparatus further includes a first mounting clip 42, a second mounting clip 43, and a third mounting clip 44 (not visible in FIG. 9).
The light engine housing 41 includes a threaded electrical connection area 46 that can be received within an Edison socket.
The light engine housing (41) includes an upper housing (59) and a lower housing (60). The interior of the lower housing 60 includes a reflective conical portion 58 (see Fig. 8) made of (registered trademark MCPET (a foam sheet made of polyethylene terephthalate)) (oriented inward).
The apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs 68, a ballast element 69, a circuit board 70 and a heat transfer area 71. The heat transfer area includes an epoxy in which particles of SiC are dispersed. Each LED 68 includes a pair of electrically conductive legs extending through the circuit board 70 (and soldered to a conductive region on the circuit board 70) and into the heat transfer region 71 do.
A first region of the ballast element 69 is electrically connected to the electrical connection region 46 and a second region of the ballast element 69 is electrically connected to the light engine. The ballast element 69 includes a circuit for outputting the power of the second voltage and supplying the power of the second voltage to the light engine when the power of the first voltage is supplied to the first region of the first ballast element.
The illumination device also includes a light diffuser 79.
The outer surface of the light engine housing has a plurality of fins (80) that assist heat dissipation from the light engine housing (most easily seen in FIG. 10).
The illumination device includes a plurality (e.g., three) of LED strings of string strings.
The LED stringer of the first string is connected to a current regulator and a plurality of (e.g., six) greenish-yellowish-colored light emitters. Each greenish-yellowish-colored light emitter includes a blue LED and a lumipher, and the lumiphor includes a Ce, Pr, and / or Gd-doped YAG.
The LED stringers of the second string include current regulators and a ratio of red LEDs to greenish-yellowish-colored light emitters such as zero red LEDs and a plurality of (e.g., six) greenish-yellowish Of the light emitters are connected.
The LED stringers of the third string include current regulators and different proportions of red LEDs versus a greenish-yellowish color light emitter such as a plurality of red LEDs (e.g., 30) and 0 greenish-amber colors Of the light emitters are connected.
The three strings are electrically connected to a common power line, whereby they are driven simultaneously. Using a current regulator on each string, the current supplied to each string can be adjusted.
Each LED light emitter includes an LED chip mounted on a reflective cup made of silver-plated copper. Each red LED emits light of substantially the same main wavelength.
At least some of the greenish-yellowish-colored LEDs are each surrounded by a red light emitter.
11 is a perspective view of an upper housing including a recess 81 in which a ballast element (not shown) is located.
Any two or more structural components of the lighting apparatus described herein may be included. Any of the structural components of the lighting apparatus described herein may be provided in two or more parts (if necessary, held together). Similarly, any two or more functions may be performed at the same time and / or any function may be performed in a series of steps.
A lighting device comprising at least one light emitting diode,
The illumination device emitting output light having a wall plug efficiency of at least 60 lumens per watt of electricity when a first wattage of electricity is supplied,
A first string consisting of series of solid state light emitters, at least including said light emitting diode and at least a second solid state light emitter,
A second string of solid state light emitters in series, comprising at least two solid state light emitters,
And a third string of solid state light emitters in series, said solid state light emitter comprising at least two solid state light emitters.
The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third strings are configured to be driven simultaneously.
The solid state light emitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the solid state light emitters in the first, second and third strings include at least a first solid state light emitter emitting red light and at least a second solid state light emitter,
The second solid-state light emitters emit green-yellowish light,
And the second solid-state light emitter includes a light-emitting diode that emits blue light and at least a first light-emitting material.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the solid state light emitters in the first, second and third strings comprises at least one emissive material in the binder,
Wherein the at least one light emitting material comprises 10 to 12 wt% based on the total weight of the binder and the at least one light emitting material.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the solid state light emitters in the first, second and third strings comprises at least one light emitting material,
Wherein the at least one luminescent material comprises at least some particles having a particle size in the range of 1.6 [mu] m to 8.6 [mu] m.
Wherein the at least one light emitting material comprises particles having an average particle size in the range of 4 [mu] m to 5 [mu] m.
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