Patent ID: 8201967

Claim:
A light fixture for a lighting application, comprising: a near ultraviolet (UV) solid state source, containing a semiconductor chip for producing near UV electromagnetic energy in a range of 380-420 nm; a macro optic outside and coupled to the near UV solid state source, for receiving and processing the near UV electromagnetic energy to produce a light output for the fixture; and at least one remote doped semiconductor nanophosphor associated with the macro optic and apart from the semiconductor chip, the remote doped semiconductor nanophosphor being of a type excited in response to near UV electromagnetic energy in the range of 380-420 nm from the solid state source for re-emitting visible light of a different spectrum, wherein: the visible light in the output for the fixture produced by near UV excitation of the remote doped semiconductor nanophosphor has a color temperature of one of the following ranges: 2,725±145° Kelvin; 3,045±175° Kelvin; 3,465±245° Kelvin; and 3,985±275° Kelvin.