Light emitting apparatus generating white light by mixing of light of a plurality of oscillation wavelengths

• US 20060202915A1
• Filed: 03/08/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chikugawa, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US11/371,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20060202915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/46
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/42 Antiparallel configurations

Abstract

A first light emitting diode and a second light emitting diode are connected in parallel between a first node and a second node. The two light emitting diodes are connected to each other in such a manner that, an anode of each one light emitting diode is electrically connected to a cathode of the other light emitting diode. As a driving portion applies an AC voltage to each of the two light emitting diodes, a light emitting apparatus can alternately emit light of two colors (blue and green) and light of one color (red). Therefore, since white light can be generated with one driving circuit, size and cost reductions of a light emitting apparatus can be attained. As a result, a light emitting apparatus which is small and capable of easy adjustment of chromaticity can be provided.

Claims

1. A light emitting apparatus generating white light by mixing a plurality of light, comprising:

a first light emitting device portion emitting first light having first and second oscillation peak wavelengths corresponding to a first driving current;

a second light emitting device portion emitting second light having a third oscillation peak wavelength and having a complementary color of a color of said first light corresponding to a second driving current different from said first driving current; and

a driving portion supplying said first and second driving currents to said first and second light emitting device portions, respectively.

2. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said driving portion alternately outputs said first driving current and said second driving current.

3. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

a variation in said second oscillation peak wavelength is larger than that in said first oscillation peak wavelength when a value of said first driving current varies.

4. The light emitting apparatus according to claim. 3, wherein

said first oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of blue light,

said second oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of green light, and

said third oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of red light.

5. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

each of said first and second light emitting device portions is a light emitting diode connected in parallel between first and second nodes so as to have an electrical polarity opposite to each other, and

said driving portion applies an AC current having periodically changing polarities between the first and second nodes.

6. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

each of said first driving current and said second driving current has a waveform of a rectangular wave.

7. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

each of a period for flowing said first driving current and a period for flowing said second driving current is determined corresponding to chromaticity of said white light.

8. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

said AC current has a frequency from 30 Hz to 100 kHz.

9. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said driving portion outputs a pulse current as said first driving current and outputs a constant current as said second driving current.

10. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

a variation in said second oscillation peak wavelength is larger than that in said first oscillation peak wavelength when a value of said pulse current varies.

11. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

said first oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of blue light,

said second oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of green light, and

said third oscillation peak wavelength is within a range of red light.