Package design for producing white light with short-wavelength LEDS and down-conversion materials
First Claim
1. A method of producing visible light having a chromaticity value near a blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than about 80, the visible light produced using a short wavelength solid state light emitting device, a quantum dot material and a phosphor material spaced apart from the quantum dot material, the method comprising:
- a) generating short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength using the short wavelength solid state light emitting device, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm;
b) irradiating the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least a portion of the short wavelength light such that a first fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as longer wavelength light having a second spectrum with a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being longer than the first peak wavelength;
c) irradiating another of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least another portion of the short wavelength light such that a second fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the other of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as light having a third spectrum with a third peak wavelength, the third peak wavelength being either between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength or longer than the second peak wavelength; and
d) emitting a third fraction of the short wavelength light and combining the third fraction of the short wavelength light with at least a portion of the second wavelength light, and at least a portion of the third wavelength light as the visible light.
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Abstract
A broad bandwidth light source including: a solid state light emitting device that generates short wavelength light; and quantum dot material and phosphor material that are each irradiated by some of the short wavelength light. The short wavelength light has a spectrum with a first peak wavelength shorter than about 500 nm. The quantum dot material absorbs some of the short wavelength light and reemits it as long wavelength light having a spectrum with a second peak wavelength longer than about 600 nm. The phosphor material absorbs some of the short wavelength light and reemits it as mid wavelength light having a spectrum with a peak wavelength between the first and second peak wavelength. The light source is configured such that some of each light (short, mid, and long wavelength) is emitted coincidentally as a light having a chromaticity value near the blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than 80.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of producing visible light having a chromaticity value near a blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than about 80, the visible light produced using a short wavelength solid state light emitting device, a quantum dot material and a phosphor material spaced apart from the quantum dot material, the method comprising:
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a) generating short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength using the short wavelength solid state light emitting device, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm; b) irradiating the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least a portion of the short wavelength light such that a first fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as longer wavelength light having a second spectrum with a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being longer than the first peak wavelength; c) irradiating another of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material with at least another portion of the short wavelength light such that a second fraction of the short wavelength light is absorbed and reemitted by the other of the quantum dot material or the spaced apart phosphor material as light having a third spectrum with a third peak wavelength, the third peak wavelength being either between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength or longer than the second peak wavelength; and d) emitting a third fraction of the short wavelength light and combining the third fraction of the short wavelength light with at least a portion of the second wavelength light, and at least a portion of the third wavelength light as the visible light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 32)
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13. A broad bandwidth light source comprising:
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a short wavelength solid state light emitting device to generate short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm; a quantum dot material and a phosphor material optically coupled to the short wavelength solid state light emitting device, the quantum dot material or the phosphor material to be irradiated by a first portion of the short wavelength light, the quantum dot material or the phosphor material adapted to absorb a first fraction of incident light having the first spectrum and to reemit the absorbed light as longer wavelength light having a second spectrum with a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being longer than the first peak wavelength peak; and another of the quantum dot material or the phosphor material to be irradiated by a second portion of the short wavelength light, the other of the quantum dot material or the phosphor material adapted to absorb a second fraction of incident light having the first spectrum and to reemit the absorbed light as light having a third spectrum with a third peak wavelength, the third peak wavelength either being between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength or longer than the second peak wavelength, wherein the short wavelength solid state light emitting device, the quantum dot material, and the phosphor material are configured such that a first amount of the short wavelength light, a second amount of the longer wavelength light, and a third amount of the third wavelength light are emitted substantially coincidentally from the broad bandwidth light source as a visible light having a chromaticity value near a blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than 80; and further comprising an optical element optically coupled to the quantum dot material and the phosphor material for controlling back coupling of light from the quantum dot material and the phosphor material into the short wavelength solid state light emitting device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37)
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35. A broad bandwidth light source for producing visible light having a chromaticity value near a blackbody locus and a color rendering index greater than about 80, the broad bandwidth light source comprising:
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means for generating short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm; means for absorbing and reemitting a first fraction of the short wavelength light as longer wavelength light having a second spectrum with a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being longer than the first peak wavelength; and means for absorbing and reemitting a second fraction of the short wavelength light as light having a third spectrum with a third peak wavelength, the third peak wavelength being either between the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength or longer than the second peak wavelength, wherein a third fraction of the short wavelength light, at least a portion of the longer wavelength light, and at least a portion of the light having the third spectrum are emitted as the visible light; and further comprising an optical element optically coupled to the means for absorbing and reemitting a first fraction of the short wavelength light and to the means for absorbing and reemitting a second fraction of the short wavelength light
for controlling back coupling of light fromthe means for absorbing and reemitting a first fraction of the short wavelength light and the means for absorbing and reemitting a second fraction of the short wavelength light
into the means for generating short wavelength light.
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38. A broad bandwidth light source comprising:
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a short wavelength solid state light emitting device to generate short wavelength light having a first spectrum with a first peak wavelength, the first peak wavelength being shorter than about 500 nm; a quantum dot material having a plurality of quantum dots and a phosphor material having a plurality of phosphor particles, the plurality of quantum dots and the plurality of phosphor particles being optically coupled to the short wavelength solid state light emitting device to be irradiated by a first portion of the short wavelength light and mixedly dispersed within a matrix material that is substantially transmissive to visible light, the mixedly dispersed plurality of quantum dots and plurality of phosphor materials adapted to absorb a first fraction of incident light having the first spectrum and reemit the absorbed light as mid wavelength light and long wavelength light, wherein the mid wavelength light and the long wavelength light combine with a second fraction of incident light that is transmitted through the mixedly dispersed plurality of quantum dots and plurality of phosphor particles to produce broad bandwidth light as a visible light as visible light; and an optical element optically coupled to the mixedly dispersed plurality of quantum dots and plurality of phosphor particles for controlling back coupling of light from the mixedly dispersed plurality of quantum dots and plurality of phosphor particles into the short wavelength solid state light emitting device.
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