VARIABLE CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE LUMINARY CONSTRUCTS
First Claim
1. A lighting device comprising:
- plural excitation sources configured to provide at least two excitation peak emissions of different wavelength;
at least one phosphor material radiationally coupled to the plural excitation sources; and
at least two operational states comprising;
a first operation state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to a first correlated color temperature (CCT) value for the lighting device; and
at least one additional operational state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to at least one additional CCT value for the lighting device, wherein the at least one additional CCT value is different from the first CCT value.
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Abstract
A lighting device comprising plural excitation sources configured to provide at least two excitation peak emissions of different wavelength and at least one phosphor material radiationally coupled to the plural light source, the lighting device having a plurality of operational states comprising a first operation state wherein excitation of the at least one phosphor material by a first peak emission from the plural excitation sources provides a first correlated color temperature (CCT) value, and at least one additional operational state wherein excitation of the at least one phosphor material by a second peak emission from the plural excitation sources provides at least one additional CCT value different from the first CCT value. Methods of varying the CCT value using the lighting device with controlled power distribution to the plural excitation sources.
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50 Claims
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1. A lighting device comprising:
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plural excitation sources configured to provide at least two excitation peak emissions of different wavelength; at least one phosphor material radiationally coupled to the plural excitation sources; and at least two operational states comprising; a first operation state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to a first correlated color temperature (CCT) value for the lighting device; and at least one additional operational state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to at least one additional CCT value for the lighting device, wherein the at least one additional CCT value is different from the first CCT value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A lighting device comprising:
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plural spaced-apart LEDs configured to provide at least two excitation peak emissions of different wavelength, electrical circuitry configured to selectively control electrical power distribution to the plural spaced-apart LEDs; at least one phosphor material radiationally coupled to the plural spaced-apart LEDs; and at least two operational states comprising; a first operation state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by at least one of the at least two excitation peak emissions contributes to a first correlated color temperature (CCT) value for the lighting device; and at least one additional operational state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by at least one of the at least two excitation peak emissions contributes to at least one additional CCT value for the lighting device, wherein the at least one additional CCT value is different from the first CCT value. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of varying the correlated color temperature (CCT) value of a lighting apparatus, the method comprising the steps of
providing a lighting device, the lighting device comprising: -
plural excitation sources providing at least two peak emissions of different wavelengths; at least one phosphor material radiationally coupled to the plural excitation sources; and at least two operational states, the operational states comprising; a first operation state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to a first correlated color temperature (CCT) value for the lighting device; and at least one additional operational state wherein emission by the at least one phosphor material upon excitation by the plural excitation sources contributes to at least one additional CCT value for the lighting device, wherein the at least one additional CCT value is different from the first CCT value; adjusting the relative amount of the at least two peak emissions of different wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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