Patent ID: 8118454

Claim:
A lighting system, for a visible light illumination application in a region or area to be inhabited by a person, the lighting system comprising: a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor chip for emitting electromagnetic energy and a package enclosing the semiconductor chip; a macro optic outside and coupled to the package enclosing the semiconductor chip, the macro optic receiving the electromagnetic energy emitted from the semiconductor device, the macro optic comprising a macro reflector and a macro mask with a reflective surface; at least one optical aperture for emission of light out of the macro optic to facilitate the visible light illumination application in the region or area to be inhabited by the person; the macro mask: being outside the package enclosing the semiconductor chip and separate from macro reflector, and having at least one remote phosphor extending over at least a portion of the reflective surface of the macro mask, wherein: all of the remote phosphor in the lighting system is occluded by way of the macro mask, such that none of the remote phosphor extending over the portion of the macro mask is directly visible through the optical aperture by the person, the at least one phosphor is responsive to electromagnetic energy from the semiconductor device to emit visible light for the emission through the at least one optical aperture, and no remote phosphor in the lighting system is directly visible through the optical aperture.