Disclosed are a constant-power supply apparatus and a solar simulation facility. The constant-power supply apparatus comprises: a power board and a control panel, wherein the power board comprises: a power input circuit for providing a power input, a power conversion circuit connected to the power input circuit, a voltage detection circuit, a current detection circuit and a power output circuit respectively connected to the power conversion circuit, and a first connector connected to the power conversion circuit, the voltage detection circuit and the current detection circuit; and the control board comprises: a second connector pluggably connected to the first connector, a voltage processing circuit and a current processing circuit respectively connected to the second connector, a multiplier circuit connected to the voltage processing circuit and the current processing circuit, and a PWM circuit connected to the current processing circuit, the multiplier circuit and the second connector. A stable power output can be provided, and reliability of circuits is guaranteed.

A dimmable ballast circuit for a compact fluorescent lamp controls the intensity of a lamp tube in response to a phase-control voltage received from a dimmer switch. The ballast circuit comprises a phase-control-to-DC converter circuit that receives the phase-control voltage, which is characterized by a duty cycle defining a target intensity of the lamp tube, and generates a DC voltage representative of the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage. Changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage that are below a threshold amount are filtered out by the converter circuit, while intentional changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage are reflected in changes in the target intensity level and thereby the intensity level of the lamp tube.

A light emitting diode package includes: a housing; a light emitting diode chip arranged in the housing; a wavelength conversion unit arranged on the light emitting diode chip; a first fluorescent substance distributed inside the wavelength conversion unit and emitting light having a peak wavelength in the cyan wavelength band; and a second fluorescent substance distributed inside the wavelength conversion unit and emitting light having a peak wavelength in the red wavelength band, wherein the peak wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting diode chip is located within a range of 415 nm to 430 nm.

A phosphor combination may include a first phosphor and a second phosphor. The second phosphor may be a red-emitting quantum dot phosphor. The phosphor combination may optionally include a third phosphor that is a red-emitting phosphor with the formula (MB) (TA)3-2x(TC)1+2xO4-4xN4x:E. A conversion element may include the phosphor combination. An optoelectronic device may include the phosphor combination and a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip.

The invention relates to a phosphor with garnet structure and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor, wherein the phosphor includes the following components in percentage by weight: 38.47-45.19% of Y element, 9.49-22.09% of Al element, 2.06-24.31% of Ga element, 27.3-32.04% of O element, 0.43-1.46% of Ce element. In the phosphor particles, the shortest distance from the surface of one side of the particle to the surface of the opposite side through the centroid of the particle is defined as R, the longest distance is R1, and 5 μm≤R≤40 μm; any distance from the particle surface to the centroid is r, and 0<r<½R; and the space with the distance from the particle surface to the centroid direction being less than or equal to r is defined as r.sub.inner.

A lighting device, such as a two-wire lighting control device, may include a controllably conductive device and a control circuit. The controllably conductive device may supply an AC line voltage to a load in response to a dive signal such that the controllable conductive device is non-conductive for a first duration of time and conductive for a second duration of time within a half-cycle of the AC line voltage. The control circuit may receive a signal from the controllably conductive device that represents a voltage developed across the controllable conductive device during the first duration of time. The control circuit may generate a sine-wave-shaped signal that complements the voltage developed across the controllably conductive device during the second duration of time. The control circuit may also filter the signal from the controllably conductive device during the first duration of time and the sine-wave-shaped signal during the second duration of time.

A quantum dot-containing composition includes a quantum dot, a ligand having coordinating groups, which coordinates to the surface of the quantum dots, and the ligand is represented by Formula I. ##STR00001##
In Formula I, A is an organic group including one or more coordinating groups selected from an amino group, a carboxy group, a mercapto group, a phosphine group, and a phosphine oxide group, Z is an (n+m+l)-valent organic linking group, R is a group including an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group each of which may have a substituent, Y is a group having a polymer chain which has a degree of polymerization of 3 or greater and which includes a polyacrylate skeleton or the like. n and m are each independently 1 or greater, l is 0 or greater, and n+m+l is integer 3 or greater. At least two coordinating groups are included in a molecule.

Provided is a method of producing semiconductor nanoparticles that exhibit a band-edge emission, and are superior in quantum yield. The method includes raising the temperature of a first mixture containing a silver (Ag) salt, a salt containing at least one of indium (In) and gallium (Ga), a solid compound that serves as a supply source of sulfur (S), and an organic solvent to a temperature in a range of from 125° C. to 175° C., and heat-treating, subsequent to the raising of the temperature, the first mixture at a temperature in a range of from 125° C. to 175° C. for three seconds or more to obtain a solution containing semiconductor nanoparticles, and decreasing the temperature of the solution containing semiconductor nanoparticles. The solid compound that serves as a supply source of S contains thiourea.

It is an object of the present invention to improve light source efficiency of “a light-emitting device capable of realizing a natural, vivid, highly visible and comfortable appearance of colors or an appearance of objects” already arrived at by adopting a spectral power distribution having a shape completely different from the shape of conventionally known spectral power distributions while maintaining favorable color appearance characteristics.

The invention refers to a composite wavelength converter (1) for an LED (100), comprising a substrate (10) and an epitaxial film (20) formed by liquid phase epitaxy on the top and bottom of the substrate (10). Furthermore, the invention refers to a method of preparation of a composite wavelength converter (1) for an LED (100). Furthermore, the invention refers to a white LED light source comprising an LED (100) and an inventive composite wavelength converter (1) mounted on a light emitting surface of the LED (100).