Systems for providing tunable white light with high color rendering
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1. A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising:
- a solid-state emitter package comprising;
a blue channel;
a red channel;
a yellow/green channel;
a cyan channel; and
a control circuit configured to independently apply a drive current to each of the blue, red, yellow/green, and cyan channels;
wherein the blue channel emits a first unsaturated light having a first color point within a blue color range defined by a 60-step MacAdam ellipse at 20000K, 40 points below the Planckian locus;
wherein the red channel emits a second unsaturated light having a second color point within a red color range defined by the spectral locus between the constant CCT line of 1600K and the line of purples, the line of purples, a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.61, 0.21) and (0.47, 0.28), and the constant CCT line of 1600K;
wherein the yellow/green channel emits a third unsaturated light having a third color point within a yellow/green color range defined by the constant CCT line of 4600K, the Planckian locus between 4600K and 550K, the spectral locus, and a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.445, 0.555) and (0.38, 0.505);
wherein the cyan channel emits a fourth unsaturated light having a fourth color point within a cyan color range defined by a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.18, 0.55) and (0.27, 0.72), the constant CCT line of 9000K, the Planckian locus between 9000K and 4600K, the constant CCT line of 4600K, and the spectral locus; and
wherein the control circuit is configured to adjust a fifth color point of a fifth unsaturated light that results from a combination of the first, second, third, and fourth unsaturated light.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
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1. A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising:
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a solid-state emitter package comprising; a blue channel; a red channel; a yellow/green channel; a cyan channel; and a control circuit configured to independently apply a drive current to each of the blue, red, yellow/green, and cyan channels; wherein the blue channel emits a first unsaturated light having a first color point within a blue color range defined by a 60-step MacAdam ellipse at 20000K, 40 points below the Planckian locus; wherein the red channel emits a second unsaturated light having a second color point within a red color range defined by the spectral locus between the constant CCT line of 1600K and the line of purples, the line of purples, a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.61, 0.21) and (0.47, 0.28), and the constant CCT line of 1600K; wherein the yellow/green channel emits a third unsaturated light having a third color point within a yellow/green color range defined by the constant CCT line of 4600K, the Planckian locus between 4600K and 550K, the spectral locus, and a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.445, 0.555) and (0.38, 0.505); wherein the cyan channel emits a fourth unsaturated light having a fourth color point within a cyan color range defined by a line connecting the ccx, ccy color coordinates (0.18, 0.55) and (0.27, 0.72), the constant CCT line of 9000K, the Planckian locus between 9000K and 4600K, the constant CCT line of 4600K, and the spectral locus; and wherein the control circuit is configured to adjust a fifth color point of a fifth unsaturated light that results from a combination of the first, second, third, and fourth unsaturated light. - 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)
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