Lighting apparatus capable of adjusting light quality, duty ratio and frequency in a plant growth chamber using light emitting diodes

• US 20010047618A1
• Filed: 04/13/2001
• Published: 12/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Den Hua Lee, Wei Fang
• Original Assignee: Den Hua Lee, Wei Fang
• Inventors: Fang, Wei, Lee, Den Hua, Jao, Rueychi
• Application Number:
  US09/833,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20010047618A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/65.5
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/249 Lighting means with special arrangements for promoting growth A01G7/045
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

A plant growth apparatus that includes a chamber with multiple layers, a driver and at least one lamp per layer provided in the chamber. The lamp includes a plurality of high intensity red light emitting diodes and a plurality of blue light emitting diodes. The red and blue light emitting diodes are alternately arranged. The driver is capable of individually controlling the intensity of red and blue light, thus, leading to the capability of controlling the light quality. The driver is also capable of controlling the frequency and duty ratio of direct current provided to the red and blue light emitting diodes during the light-period of the photoperiod controlled by the timer.

Claims

1. A plant growth apparatus including:

a chamber;

at least one lamp provided in the chamber, the at least one lamp including a plurality of first light emitting diodes and a plurality of second light emitting diodes, wherein the first and second light emitting diodes are alternately arranged.

2. A plant growth apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein the first light emitting diodes are high intensity red light emitting diodes, and the second light emitting diodes are blue light emitting diodes.

3. A plant growth apparatus as claimed in

claim 2

, wherein the high intensity red light emitting diodes are arranged in red rows, the blue light emitting diodes are arranged in blue rows, and the red rows and the blue rows are alternately arranged.

4. A plant growth apparatus as claimed in

claim 2

, further including a driver for individually controlling the high intensity red light emitting diodes'"'"' and the blue light emitting diodes'"'"' light quantity, light quality and lighting cycle.

5. A plant growth apparatus as claimed in

claim 4

, wherein the driver includes a waveform generating and controlling circuit for outputting desired waveform, and a current-amplifying circuit for amplifying the waveform and sending the waveform to the lamp, thereby controlling the lamp'"'"'s light quantity, light quality and lighting cycle.

6. A plant growth apparatus as claimed in

claim 5

, wherein the waveform'"'"'s amplitude, frequency and duty ratio are adjustable by the waveform generating and controlling circuit.