Semiconductor light emitting apparatus including elongated hollow wavelength conversion tubes and methods of assembling same
First Claim
1. A semiconductor light emitting apparatus comprising:
- an elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube that comprises an elongated wavelength conversion tube wall having wavelength conversion material dispersed therein; and
a packaged semiconductor light emitting device comprising a mounting substrate, a dome directly on the mounting substrate and a semiconductor light emitting die that is located between the mounting substrate and the dome, the packaged semiconductor light emitting device being oriented such that the dome extends into an end of the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube, a base of the dome extends adjacent an end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall, the mounting substrate provides an end cap for the end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and is wider than the end of the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to extend outside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube, and the semiconductor light emitting die is oriented to emit light through the dome to inside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to impinge upon the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and the wavelength conversion material dispersed therein.
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Abstract
A semiconductor light emitting apparatus includes an elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube that includes an elongated wavelength conversion tube wall having wavelength conversion material, such as phosphor, dispersed therein. A semiconductor light emitting device is oriented to emit light inside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to impinge upon the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and the wavelength conversion material dispersed therein. The elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube may have an open end, a crimped end, a reflective end, and/or other configurations. Multiples tubes and/or multiple semiconductor light emitting devices may also be used in various configurations. Related assembling methods are also described.
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31 Claims
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1. A semiconductor light emitting apparatus comprising:
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an elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube that comprises an elongated wavelength conversion tube wall having wavelength conversion material dispersed therein; and a packaged semiconductor light emitting device comprising a mounting substrate, a dome directly on the mounting substrate and a semiconductor light emitting die that is located between the mounting substrate and the dome, the packaged semiconductor light emitting device being oriented such that the dome extends into an end of the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube, a base of the dome extends adjacent an end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall, the mounting substrate provides an end cap for the end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and is wider than the end of the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to extend outside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube, and the semiconductor light emitting die is oriented to emit light through the dome to inside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to impinge upon the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and the wavelength conversion material dispersed therein. - 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31)
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29. A method of assembling a semiconductor light emitting apparatus comprising:
inserting a dome that surrounds a semiconductor light emitting device and that is directly on a substrate at least partially into an end of an elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube that comprises an elongated wavelength conversion tube wall having wavelength conversion material dispersed therein, such that a base of the dome extends adjacent an end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall, the mounting substrate provides an end cap for the end of the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and is wider than the end of the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to extend outside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube, and the semiconductor light emitting die is oriented to emit light through the dome to inside the elongated hollow wavelength conversion tube to impinge upon the elongated wavelength conversion tube wall and the wavelength conversion material dispersed therein. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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