Solid state white light emitter and display using same
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining a white light output of a determined chromatic character, said method comprising:
- providing at least one GaN-based LED die configured to emit blue light; and
providing a luminophoric medium comprising a multiplicity of luminophoric materials in which the multiple luminophoric materials are provided in relative amounts with respect to one other so that white light of the determined chromatic character is produced as said white light output when the luminophoric medium interacts with emitted light from the at least one GaN-based LED die.
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Abstract
A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix.
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67 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining a white light output of a determined chromatic character, said method comprising:
- providing at least one GaN-based LED die configured to emit blue light; and
providing a luminophoric medium comprising a multiplicity of luminophoric materials in which the multiple luminophoric materials are provided in relative amounts with respect to one other so that white light of the determined chromatic character is produced as said white light output when the luminophoric medium interacts with emitted light from the at least one GaN-based LED die. - 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, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- providing at least one GaN-based LED die configured to emit blue light; and
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35. A method for obtaining white light output of a specified chromatic character, comprising:
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providing at least one GaN-based LED die configured to emit blue light; providing a luminophoric medium comprising a multiplicity of luminophoric materials in which the multiplicity of luminophoric materials are provided in relative amounts with respect one another so that a white light emission of the specified chromatic character for said white light output is produced when the luminophoric medium interacts with emitted light from the at least one GaN-based LED die; and assembling the at least one GaN-based LED die and the luminophoric medium to form a light-emitting assembly in which the at least one GaN-based LED die is arranged to emit light for interaction with the luminophoric medium so that said white light output of said specified chromatic character is produced. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of fabricating a light-emitting assembly, comprising:
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providing at least one gallium nitride alloy LED configured to emit blue light; formulating a luminophoric medium from multiple phosphor components, so that the luminophoric medium is configured to interact with light emitted from the at least one gallium nitride alloy LED to produce down-converted light, wherein the light emitted from the at least one gallium nitride alloy LED and the down-converted light produce a white light output from the light-emitting assembly; said formulating comprising combining predetermined amounts of each of said multiple phosphor components to provide specific white light output chromaticity from among a series of white light output chromaticities; and structurally associating the at least one gallium nitride alloy LED with the formulated luminophoric medium providing said specific white light output chromaticity, in the light-emitting assembly. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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