Patent classifications
F21Y2105/12
ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH WHITE AND NON-WHITE SOURCES
There is presented an illumination device (244) comprising a plurality of light sources (103) emitting light along an optical axis (247); a light collector (241) adapted to collect light from the light sources, wherein the plurality of light sources (103) comprises: A first group (404) of light sources comprising a plurality of light sources, which can be driven to emit white light, a second group (405) of light sources comprising a plurality of light sources which can be driven, such as can only be driven, to emit non-white light (such as green light), wherein the plurality of light sources can be driven so that a total D.sub.uv value of light emitted from the illumination device is closer to zero than each of a first D.sub.uv value of light emitted from the illumination device originating from the first group (404) of light sources and a second D.sub.uv value of light emitted form the illumination device originating from the second group (405) of light sources, and a luminous efficacy of the second group (405) of light sources is higher than a luminous efficacy of the first group (404) of light sources.
LED BULB STRUCTURE
An LED bulb structure includes a heat dissipation base, a power connector, a light-emitting module, an insulation cover, and a light-guiding cover. The power connector is disposed on a bottom side of the heat dissipation base. The light-emitting module includes a circuit substrate disposed on a top side of the heat dissipation base and a plurality of LED chips electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The LED chips are surroundingly disposed on the circuit substrate and adjacent to an outer perimeter surface of the circuit substrate. The insulation cover is disposed on the circuit substrate, and the insulation cover has a surrounding main portion and a convex portion disposed on a top side of the surrounding main portion. The light-guiding cover is disposed on the insulation cover. The light-guiding cover has a through opening formed on a top side thereof for exposing the convex portion.
SOLID STATE LIGHT FIXTURES SUITABLE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION HAVING SEPARATE BLUE-SHIFTED-YELLOW/GREEN AND BLUE-SHIFTED-RED EMITTERS
Solid state light fixtures include a plurality of blue-shifted-yellow/green light emitting diode (“LED”) packages and a plurality of blue-shifted-red LED packages, where the solid state light fixture emits light having a correlated color temperature of between 1800 K and 5500 K, a CRI value of between 80 and 99, a CRI R9 value of between 15 and 75, and a Qg value of between 90 and 110 when the blue-shifted-yellow/green LED packages and the blue-shifted-red LED packages are operating at steady-state operating temperatures of at least 80° C.
LIGHT SOURCE HAVING MULTIPLE DIFFERENTLY-COLORED EMITTERS
An emitter module for a light-emitting diode (LED) light source may comprise a substrate, and a plurality of emitters mounted to the substrate, where each emitter is configured to produce illumination at a different wavelength, and the number of emitters is greater than four (e.g., five emitters). The emitter module may also comprise a dome mounted to the substrate and encapsulating the plurality of emitters. Each of the plurality of emitters is arranged such that a center of the emitter is located on a circular center line that has a center that is the same as a center of the dome. Each of the plurality of emitters is located on a different primary radial axis of the emitter module. Each of the primary radial axes of the emitter module is equally spaced apart by an offset angle. The emitter module may also comprise an additional one of each of the emitters at each of the different wavelengths (e.g., ten total emitters).
Hybrid light emitting diode tube with selectable light settings
A tube lamp including a light source including at least one string of light emitting diodes within a tube body; end caps having pin contacts on each end of the tube body; and driver electronics including a filament detector portion provided by a passive resistance capacitor (RC) circuit that simulates the filament load of a fluorescent lamp when installed into a ballast containing fixture. The tube lamp may also include a switch for selecting light characteristics for light emitted by the light source.
STRUCTURED AND DIFFUSE LIGHT GENERATION
An optical device includes an array of light-emitting elements, including a first subset of light-emitting elements and a second subset of light-emitting elements. The first subset of light-emitting elements is configured to emit light having wavelength L.sub.1. The device includes a high refractive index material selectively disposed on the second subset of light-emitting elements and an array of optical elements positioned so as to be illuminated by the first subset of light-emitting elements and by the second subset of light-emitting elements. The optical elements are regularly arranged in a common plane at a pitch P, the common plane is located a distance D from the array of light-emitting elements, and P.sup.2≈2L.sub.1D/N, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1.
LIGHTING UNIT COMPRISING AT LEAST A DIFFUSED LIGHT SOURCE AND AT LEAST A CONCENTRATED LIGHT SOURCE
Lighting unit with a container body (10) made by means of extrusion, a series of first light sources (21; 221) and a series of second light sources (22; 222), arranged on at least one printed circuit board (20; 220a, 220b); a power supply (50,51) supplying power to the light sources (21, 22; 221, 222); diffusion optics (30) for diffusion of the light emitted by the first light sources (21; 221); and concentrating and/or directing optics (40) for concentrating and/or directing the light emitted by the second sources (22; 222).
LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
A light source system and a light-emitting device are provided. The light source system includes an array of light-emitting diodes, the light-emitting diodes including light-emitting diode chips; a collimating lens group located on a light path of light emitted by the array of the light-emitting diodes, the collimating lens group being configured to collimate light beams emitted by the light-emitting diode chips; and a fly-eye lens arranged on a light path of light outputted from the collimating lens group. The fly-eye lens includes micro lens units corresponding to the light-emitting diode chips, and for at least one light-emitting diode chip of the light-emitting diode chips, an image formed by each of at least one light-emitting diode chip on surfaces of the micro lens units is completely within a surface of one of the micro lens units. A ratio of side lobes is reduced, thereby improving the energy utilization rate.
Multi-mode illumination module and related method
The illumination module for emitting light (5) can operate in at least two different modes, wherein in each of the modes, the emitted light (5) has a different light distribution. The module has a mode selector (10) for selecting the mode in which the module operates, and it has an optical arrangement. The arrangement includes—a microlens array (LL1) with a multitude of transmissive or reflective microlenses (2) which are regularly arranged at a lens pitch P (P1);—an illuminating unit for illuminating the microlens array (LL1). The illuminating unit includes a first array of light sources (S1) operable to emit light of a first wavelength L1 each and having an aperture each. The apertures are located in a common emission plane which is located at a distance D (D1) from the microlens array (LL1). In a first one of the modes, for the lens pitch P, the distance D and the wavelength L1 applies P2=2.Math.L1.Math.D/N wherein N is an integer with N≥1.
LUMINAIRE COMPRISING IDENTICAL, CURVED LED MODULES AND LED MODULE SUITABLE FOR SAID LUMINAIRE
A luminaire (1) comprising identical curved LED Modules (13, 13′, 13″) in an inner and an outer arrangement of LED Modules. Said LED Module comprising a curved PCB (14) having a main surface and a number of LEDs (15) arranged thereon. The LED Module has width W and is curved with its main surface extending in a plane Q. The LED Module extends over a circle with a radius Rc, wherein 200 mm<=Rc<=450 mm, and extends over an angle a over said circle, wherein 36°<=a<=72°. The number of LEDs is in between 3 and 150. Each LED (15) has a respective doughnut like shaped lens to render the LED during operation to emit a rotational symmetric batwing beam with a maximum intensity Imax of the batwing beam at an angle 13 with 60°<=13<=80° with said optical axis, and a FWHM in the range of 15-30°.