Achromatic devices with thermal radiation sources
US11569427B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/8512
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A light emitting assembly comprising at least one of each of a solid state device and a thermal radiation source, couplable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device and the thermal radiation source, to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and to emit from the thermal radiation source non-visible infrared radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and the infrared radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and infrared radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode and the thermal radiation device with fluorescent or phosphorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in an enclosure.
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