Solid-state lamp with LED filaments having different CCT's

• US 10,260,683 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2017
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bergmann, Michael John, Edmond, John Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): May, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US15/591,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20180328543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 706 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/238 Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 25/0753 the devices being arranged next to each other
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/502 Wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/504 Elements with two or more wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/52 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/56 Materials, e.g. epoxy or silicone resin
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/60 Reflective elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/62 Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the semiconductor body, e.g. lead-frames, wire-bonds or solder balls
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3577 Emulating the dimming characteristics, brightness or colour temperature of incandescent lamps

Abstract

A lamp includes an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light and a base connected to the enclosure. At least one first LED filament and at least one second LED filament are located in the enclosure and are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. The first LED filament emits light having a first correlated color temperature (CCT) and the second LED filament emits light having a second CCT that are combined to generate the emitted light. A controller operates to change the CCT of the emitted light when the lamp is dimmed.

Claims

1. A lamp comprising:

an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light;

a base connected to the enclosure;

at least one first LED filament and at least one second LED filament in the enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base, the at least one first LED filament emitting light having a first correlated color temperature (CCT) and the at least one second LED filament emitting light having a second CCT that are combined to generate the emitted light, the at least one first LED filament and the at least one second LED filament being arranged in a plurality of groups where each group of the plurality of groups comprises at least one first LED filament and at least one second LED filament;

and a controller that changes the CCT of the emitted light when the lamp is dimmed.

2. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the optically transmissive enclosure is transparent.

3. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the first CCT is warmer than the second CCT and a first LED filament in each one of the groups of LED filaments is disposed outside of a second LED filament in the each one of the groups of LED filaments.

4. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the at least one first LED filament and the at least one second LED filament are independently controlled by the controller.

5. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the base contains a power supply.

6. The lamp of claim 5 wherein at least one first LED filament and the at east one second LED filament are bonded together by a bonding material.

7. The lamp of claim 5 wherein the at least one first LED filament comprises a plurality of first LEDs encapsulated in a first phosphor and the at least one second LED filament comprises a plurality of second LEDs encapsulated in a second phosphor.

8. The lamp of claim 7 wherein the first phosphor and the second phosphor are different.

9. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the at least one first LED filament comprises a plurality of first LEDs mounted on a front side of a first optically transmissive substrate and the at least one second LED filament comprises a plurality of second LEDs mounted on a first side of a second optically transmissive substrate wherein a backside of the first substrate includes a first reflector layer and a backside of the second substrate includes a second reflector layer.

10. The lamp of claim 9 wherein the first reflector layer and the second reflector layer are bonded together.

11. The lamp of claim 1 wherein the at least one first LED filament comprises a plurality of first LEDs mounted on a substrate and the at least one second LED filament comprises a plurality of second LEDs mounted on the substrate.

12. A method of operating an LED lamp having an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light, the method comprising:

energizing at least one first LED filament of a first plurality of LED filaments to emit a first light having a first correlated color temperature (CCT) and energizing at least one first LED filament of a second plurality of LED filaments to emit a second light having a second correlated color temperature (CCT) where the at least one first LED filament of the first plurality of LED filaments and the at least one first LED filament of the second plurality of LED filaments are arranged at a first distance in close proximity to one another, and energizing at least one second LED filament of the first plurality of LED filaments to emit the first light having the first correlated color temperature (CCT) and energizing at least one second LED filament of the second plurality of LED filaments to emit the first light having the second correlated color temperature (CCT) the at least one second one of the first plurality of LED filaments and the at least one second one of the second plurality of LED filaments arranged at a second distance in close proximity to one another where the at least one first LED filament of the first plurality of LED filaments and the at least one first LED of the second plurality of LED filaments are spaced from the at least one second LED filament of the first plurality of LED filaments and the at least one second LED filament of the second plurality of LED filaments a third distance that is relatively greater than the first and second distances;

combining the first and second light to create the emitted light;

changing the CCT of the emitted light when the lamp is dimmed.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising lowering the luminous flux of at least one of the first light and the second light when the CCT of the emitted light is changed.

14. A lamp comprising:

an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light;

a base connected to the enclosure;

a plurality of first LED filaments and a plurality of second LED filaments in the enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base, the plurality of first LED filaments emitting light at a first color point and the plurality of second LED filaments emitting light at a second color point where the plurality of first LED filaments and the plurality of second LED filaments are independently controlled to generate the emitted light with a controllable CCT and a controllable luminous flux, a first one of the plurality of first LED filaments and a first one of the plurality of second LED filaments are arranged at a first distance in close proximity to one another and a second one of the plurality of first LED filaments and a second one of the plurality of second LED filaments are arranged at a second distance in close proximity to one another where the first one of the plurality of first LED filaments and the first one of the plurality of second LED filaments are spaced from the second one of the plurality of first LED filaments and the second one of the plurality of second LED filaments a third distance that is relatively greater than the first and second distances; and

a controller that changes the CCT of the emitted light when the luminous flux of the emitted light is changed.

15. The lamp of claim 14 wherein the first color point is warmer than the second color point and the first one of the plurality of first LED filaments is disposed outside of the first one of the plurality of second LED filaments.

16. The lamp of claim 14 wherein at least some of the plurality of first LED filaments and the plurality of second LED filaments are bonded together.

17. The lamp of claim 14 wherein the plurality of first LED filaments each comprises a plurality of first LEDs encapsulated in a first phosphor and the plurality of second LED filaments each comprises a plurality of second LEDs encapsulated in a second phosphor.

18. The lamp of claim 14 wherein the enclosure defines a plurality of apertures that allow ambient air to flow into the enclosure.

19. A lamp comprising:

an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light;

a base connected to the enclosure;

a plurality of first LED filaments and a plurality of second LED filaments in the enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base, the plurality of first LED filaments and the plurality of second LED filaments arranged in pairs, the plurality of first LED filaments emitting light having a first correlated color temperature (CCT) and the plurality of second LED filaments emitting light having a second CCT that are combined to generate the emitted light, wherein the first CCT is warmer than the second CCT and the first LED filament in each one of the pairs of LED filaments is disposed outside of the second LED filament in the each one of the pairs of LED filaments; and

a controller that changes the CCT of the emitted light when the lamp is dimmed.

20. A lamp comprising:

an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light;

a base connected to the enclosure;

at least one first LED filament and at least one second LED filament in the enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base, the at least one first LED filament emitting light having a first correlated color temperature (CCT) and the at least one second LED filament emitting light having a second CCT that are combined to generate the emitted light, wherein the at least one first LED filament comprises a plurality of first LEDs mounted on a front side of a first optically transmissive substrate and the at least one second LED filament comprises a plurality of second LEDs mounted on a first side of a second optically transmissive substrate wherein a backside of the first substrate includes a first reflector layer and a backside of the second substrate includes a second reflector layer; and

a controller that changes the CCT of the emitted light when the lamp is dimmed.

21. A lamp comprising:

an optically transmissive enclosure for emitting an emitted light;

a base connected to the enclosure;

at least one first LED filament and at least one second LED filament in the enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base, the at least one first LED filament emitting light at a first color point and the at least one second LED filament emitting light at a second color point where the at least one first LED filament and the at least one second LED filament are independently controlled to generate the emitted light with a controllable CCT and a controllable luminous flux, wherein the first color point is warmer than the second color point and the first LED filament in one of the groups of LED filaments is disposed outside of the second LED filament in the one of the groups of LED filaments; and

a controller that changes the CCT of the emitted light when the luminous flux of the emitted light is changed.