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Light source

US4766526A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1986
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21V13/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light source which is capable of improving lightening efficiency is disclosed. The light source includes a phosphor layer provided at a part of a filter arranged adjacent to a light emitting lamp or arranged so as to serve as a reflection layer so that it may transmit light of the lamp required and be excited by a part of light of the lamp to emit light of a visible region to increase the intensity of light discharged from the light source.

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