IP Library Granted Patent US 7,859,185
Granted Patent B2
US 7,859,185 · App. 12/162,072 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Light-emitting device

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Patent No.
US 7,859,185
App. No.
12/162,072
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprising a solid-state light source ( 3 ), at least one conversion element ( 4 ) and a light-scattering element ( 6 ), wherein the solid-state light source ( 3 ) is provided to emit a first part ( 511 ) of a primary radiation for entry into the light-scattering element ( 6 ) and a second part ( 512 ) of a primary radiation for entry into the conversion element ( 4 ) for at least partial conversion into at least one secondary radiation ( 521, 522 ), the light-scattering element ( 6 ) is provided to generate a mixed radiation ( 5 ) having a Lambertian light distribution pattern from the first part ( 511 ) of the primary radiation, the secondary radiation ( 521, 522 ) and a portion of the second part ( 512 ) of the primary radiation that has not been converted in the conversion element ( 4 ), and the first part ( 511 ) of the primary radiation leaves the light-emitting device without having passed the conversion element ( 4 ).

Claims (15)

1. A light-emitting device comprising a solid-state light source, at least one conversion element and a light-scattering element, wherein

the solid-state light source is provided to emit a first part of a primary radiation for entry into the light-scattering element and a second part of a primary radiation for entry into the conversion element for at least partial conversion into at least one secondary radiation,

the light-scattering element is provided to generate a mixed radiation having a Lambertian light distribution from the first part of the primary radiation, the secondary radiation and a portion of the second part of the primary radiation that has not been converted in the conversion element, and

the first part of the primary radiation leaves the light-emitting device without having passed the conversion element.

2. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the conversion element comprises a ceramic material having a density which is larger than 97% of the theoretical solid-state density of the crystalline connection.

3. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the conversion element has a thickness of at least 30 μm in the average direction of radiation of the second part of the primary radiation.

4. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the solid-state light source, viewed in the direction of radiation of the mixed light, has a light-emitting surface which is larger than or equal to the surface of the conversion element, which faces the solid-state light source.

5. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the conversion element has at least one opening, through which the primary radiation can pass without passing the conversion element.

6. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the conversion element is optically coupled to the solid-state light source.

7. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the light-scattering element encloses the solid-state light source and the conversion element.

8. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a lens, which encloses the solid-state light source, the conversion element and the light-scattering element.

9. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the color point of the mixed light is adjusted via a portion of unconverted primary radiation that is adjustable by means of the scattering properties of the light-scattering element, which primary radiation is scattered back to the conversion element for conversion into secondary radiation.

10. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the light-scattering element comprises reflective and/or refractive particles of the same or different size, material and concentration for producing a mixed radiation having a Lambertian light distribution.

11. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that the particles comprise materials from a group of pigments for absorbing primary and or secondary radiation.

12. A light-emitting device as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that the particles comprise materials from the group of pigments for absorbing primary and or secondary radiation and subsequent re-emission at a different wavelength.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2008
From: BECHTEL, HANS-HELMUT; BUSSELT, WOLFGANG; SCHMIDT, PETER
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