White light emitting devices having high luminous efficiency and improved color rendering that include pass-through violet emissions
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1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
- a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter comprising a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 440 nm and about 475 nm; and
a second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm,wherein between about 2% and about 15% of a spectral power of light emitted from the lighting apparatus is light having wavelengths in the range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm.
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Abstract
A lighting apparatus a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter including a first light emitting diode (“LED”) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 440 nm and about 475 nm, and a second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm. Between about 2% and about 15% of a spectral power of light emitted from the lighting apparatus is light having wavelengths in the range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm.
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1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter comprising a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 440 nm and about 475 nm; anda second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm, wherein between about 2% and about 15% of a spectral power of light emitted from the lighting apparatus is light having wavelengths in the range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A light emitting device, comprising:
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a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter comprising a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 440 nm and about 475 nm; anda second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm, wherein the emission of the light in the 390 nm to 415 nm wavelength range is configured to increase a saturation of a remainder of the emitted light of the light emitting device in a green-yellow color range by at least 10%. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A light emitting device, comprising:
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a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter comprising a first blue light emitting diode (“
LED”
) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a blue color range, and a first luminophoric medium; anda second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm, wherein the second group of at least one second solid state emitter does not include any associated luminophoric medium thereon. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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