Lighting devices with quantum electric/light power converters
First Claim
1. A quantum electric/light source comprising an insulating sheet, a surface on said sheet, a quantum electric/light converter structure, a plurality of said structures supported on said surface in a thin sheet-like planar light-emitter array, electron means in said structure, said structures being connected in a circuit, terminals on said surface, conducting busses on said surface connected to said terminals, said circuit being connected to said busses, an external source of electric energy connected to said terminals, said source applying a voltage drop across said structure to supply energy to said electron, means the energy of said electron means being converted to photon energy emitted as light from said surface.
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Abstract
Lighting devices are described in which the light source comprises a plurality of light emitting structures utilizing the direct conversion of electron energy to photon energy, at high efficiency. Structures are described which will emit color or white light. The lighting devices include thin light sources which emit polarized light in a radiation lobe pattern or as a parallel beam of light, useful for ceiling panels for general polarized nonglare lighting, street lighting, polarized automobile nonglare systems, and long life white light electric lighting lightbulbs with screwin sockets for 120v AC, which are self rectifying. A solar powered street lamp system is also described.
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- 1. A quantum electric/light source comprising an insulating sheet, a surface on said sheet, a quantum electric/light converter structure, a plurality of said structures supported on said surface in a thin sheet-like planar light-emitter array, electron means in said structure, said structures being connected in a circuit, terminals on said surface, conducting busses on said surface connected to said terminals, said circuit being connected to said busses, an external source of electric energy connected to said terminals, said source applying a voltage drop across said structure to supply energy to said electron, means the energy of said electron means being converted to photon energy emitted as light from said surface.
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