Apparatus for producing a spectrally-shifted light output from a light emitting device utilizing thin-film luminescent layers
US7423296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/8513
Abstract
A lighting device provides a spectrally-shifted light output from a light source. The lighting device includes a semiconductor light emitting device providing a source light and a first thin-film luminescent material layer coating a surface of the semiconductor light emitting device. The first thin-film luminescent material layer includes a luminescent material that emits an emitted light in response to the source light. The first thin-film luminescent material layer has a specific and consistent thickness and specific and consistent density of luminescent particles. The emitted light includes a first luminescent material emitted light when the luminescent material completely absorbs the source light. The emitted light includes a first composite light when the first luminescent material absorbs less than all of the source light. The device may further include a second thin-film luminescent layer coating the first thin-film luminescent layer.
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