Patent ID: 7750359

Claim:
A method of producing visible light having a chromaticity value near a blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than about 80, the visible light produced using a short wavelength solid state light emitting device, a quantum dot material and a phosphor material spaced apart from the quantum dot material, the method comprising: a) generating short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength using the short wavelength solid state light emitting device, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm; b) irradiating the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least a portion of the short wavelength light such that a first fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as longer wavelength light having a second spectrum with a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being longer than the first peak wavelength; c) irradiating another of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least another portion of the short wavelength light such that a second fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the other of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as light having a third spectrum with a third peak wavelength, the third peak wavelength being either between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength or longer than the second peak wavelength; and d) emitting a third fraction of the short wavelength light and combining the third fraction of the short wavelength light with at least a portion of the second wavelength light, and at least a portion of the third wavelength light as the visible light.