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Color tunable light source

  • US 6,357,889 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1999
  • Issued: 03/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A light source comprising:

  • a first light emitting component which emits light at a first wavelength;

    a second light emitting component which emits light at a second wavelength different from that of the first wavelength; and

    phosphors positioned to receive the light emitted by the first and second light emitting components, the phosphors including;

    a first phosphor which absorbs a part of the light from the first light emitting component and emits light of a third wavelength, and a second phosphor which absorbs a part of the light from the second light emitting component and emits light of a fourth wavelength, the second phosphor being excited relatively less by light of the first wavelength than by light of the second wavelength, such that when power supplied to at least one of the first and second light emitting components is varied, the color of light emitted by the light source is changed.

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