Lighting assembly

• US 10,485,183 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2016
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valoya Oy
• Original Assignee: Valoya Oy
• Inventors: Aikala, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Coughlin, Andrew J
• Application Number:
  US15/341,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20170071135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/64 using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer
• 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 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/50 Wavelength conversion elements
• 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 33/507 the elements being in intimate contact with parts other than the semiconductor body or integrated with parts other than the semiconductor body
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/54 having a particular shape
• 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 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.

Claims

1. A horticultural lighting fixture comprising:

only two light emitting diode (LED) groups including;

a first LED group comprising at least one LED, the first LED group exhibiting

main spectral characteristics in the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (400-700 nm) area, and

a second LED group comprising at least one LED, the second LED group exhibiting

at least one side spectral characteristics comprising a spectral peak having its peak wavelength in the 700-800 nm area,

wherein all spectral peaks exhibited by the first LED group have peak wavelengths below 700 nm and all spectral peaks exhibited by the second LED group have peak wavelengths above 700 nm, and

wherein intensities of emissions of the first LED group and the second LED group are independently adjustable during use.

2. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 1, further comprising at least one electronic control system to switch the first LED group and the second LED group independently on and off or alternatively dim independently by 0-100% power.

3. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein the main spectral characteristics comprise at least one peak coinciding with an absorption peak of photoreceptors of a plant.

4. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 3, wherein the main spectral characteristics comprise at least two peaks matching carotenoid and chlorophyll absorption peaks.

5. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 4, wherein the main spectral characteristics comprise

first main spectral characteristics including a peak in the wavelength range from 600 to 700 nm and arranged to exhibit a full width of half maximum of at least 50 nm or more, and

second main spectral characteristics with a maximum of 50 nm full width of half maximum and arranged to exhibit a peak wavelength in the range from 440 to 500 nm.

6. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 5, wherein at least a part or the whole of the emission at wavelengths of 500-600 nm is minimized and/or omitted and/or reduced below the intensity in the 400-500 nm band and below the intensity in the 600-700 nm band.

7. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein all or part of the emission of the first LED group or the second LED group at a frequency of 600-800 nm is generated using a whole or partial wavelength up-conversion of LED chip radiation power.

8. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 7, wherein the wavelength up-conversion is generated with at least two up-conversion materials, and

the main spectral characteristics and the at least one side spectral characteristics are generated with different sets of up-conversion materials.

9. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 8, wherein the main spectral characteristics comprise at least two peaks coinciding with an absorption peak of photoreceptors of a plant, the main spectral characteristics including a peak in the blue wavelength region and a peak in the red wavelength region, the peak in the blue wavelength region being generated with a primary emission of the at least one LED.

10. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein all or part of the emission of the first LED group or the second LED group at a frequency of 600-800 nm is generated using a whole or partial wavelength up-conversion of LED chip radiation power, the wavelength up-conversion being generated with at least two up-conversion materials.

11. The horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 10, wherein the main spectral characteristics comprise at least two peaks coinciding with absorption peaks of photoreceptors of a plant, the main spectral characteristics including a peak in the blue wavelength region and a peak in the red wavelength region, the peak in the blue wavelength region being generated with a primary emission of the at least one LED.

12. A cultivation space in a form of a greenhouse or a growth room, the cultivation space comprising:

the at least one horticultural lighting fixture according to claim 1,

wherein the cultivation space is configured to cultivate plants.