Lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and remote phosphor layer
A lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer includes a plurality of LED chips, a cover, a heat sink, a first end cap, a second end cap, at least one PCB, and a LED driver. The plurality of LED chips is positioned on the at least one PCB and electronically connected with the LED driver. The LED driver is electrically connected with male contacts which traverse through the first end cap and the second end cap. The at least one PCB is enclosed with the cover, the heat sink, the first end cap, and the second end cap. The blue light and ultraviolet light from the plurality of LED chips coverts into white or yellow light from a phosphor layer of the cover, where the phosphor layer is remotely positioned from the plurality of LED chips.
1. A lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer:
a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips,
a cover;
a heat sink;
an insulating volume;
a first end cap;
a second end cap;
at least one printed circuit board (PCB);
a light-emitting diode (LED) driver;
the cover comprises a phosphor layer;
the first end cap comprises at least one first male electrical contact;
the second end cap comprises at least one second male electrical contact;
the insulating volume being positioned in between the plurality of LED chips and phosphor layer;
the phosphor layer being adjacently positioned with the cover;
the heat sink being positioned atop the cover;
the heat sink being connected along the cover;
the first end cap and the second end cap being connected to the heat sink and the cover;
the first end cap being oppositely positioned from the second end cap along the cover and the heat sink;
the at least one first male electrical contact being traversed through the first end cap;
the at least one second male electrical contact being traversed through the second end cap;
the at least one PCB being positioned in between the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact;
the plurality of LED chips being blue LED chips, wherein the blue LED chips emit light wavelength range from 450 nanometers to 495 nanometers;
the plurality of LED chips being positioned on the at least one PCB;
the plurality of LED chips being faced toward the phosphor layer;
the plurality of LED chips being electronically connected with the LED driver by the at least one PCB;
the LED driver being adjacently positioned on the at least one PCB;
the LED driver being electrically connected with the at least one first male electrical contact; and
the LED driver being positioned in between the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact.
2. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 1 comprises:
the at least one first male electrical contact comprises a first contact and a second contact; and
the first contact and the second contact being electrically connected with the LED driver, wherein the third contact and the fourth contact of the at least one second male electrical contact provide structural support to the cover and heat sink.
3. A lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer:
a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips,
a cover;
a heat sink;
an insulating volume;
a first end cap;
a second end cap;
at least one printed circuit board (PCB);
a light-emitting diode (LED) driver;
the cover comprises a phosphor layer;
the first end cap comprises at least one first male electrical contact;
the second end cap comprises at least one second male electrical contact;
the phosphor layer being adjacently positioned with the cover;
the heat sink being adjacently positioned along the cover;
the first end cap and the second end cap being connected to the cover;
the first end cap being oppositely positioned from the second end cap along the cover;
the at least one first male electrical contact being traversed through the first end cap;
the at least one second male electrical contact being traversed through the second end cap;
the at least one PCB being positioned in between the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact;
the plurality of LED chips being positioned on the at least one PCB;
the plurality of LED chips being faced toward the phosphor layer;
the plurality of LED chips being electronically connected with the LED driver by the at least one PCB;
the LED driver being adjacently positioned on the at least one PCB;
the LED driver being electrically connected with the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact;
the LED driver being positioned in between the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact; and
the plurality of LED chips being ultraviolet LED chips, wherein the ultraviolet LED chips emit light wavelength range from 10 nanometers to 400 nanometers.
4. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 3 comprises:
the heat sink being externally positioned with the cover opposite from the phosphor layer.
5. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 3 comprises:
the heat sink being internally positioned within the cover; and
the heat sink being adjacently positioned with the phosphor layer.
6. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 3 comprises:
the at least one first male electrical contact comprises a first contact and a second contact;
the at least one second male electrical contact comprises a third contact and a fourth contact; and
the first contact and the third contact being electrically connected with the LED driver, wherein the second contact and the fourth contact provide structural support to the cover and heat sink.
7. A lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer:
a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips,
a cover;
a heat sink;
an insulating volume;
a first end cap;
a second end cap;
at least one printed circuit board (PCB);
a light-emitting diode (LED) driver;
the cover comprises a phosphor layer;
the first end cap comprises at least one first male electrical contact;
the second end cap comprises at least one second male electrical contact;
the insulating volume being positioned in between the plurality of LED chips and phosphor layer.
8. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 7 comprises:
the plurality of LED chips being positioned on the at least one PCB;
the plurality of LED chips being faced toward the phosphor layer;
the plurality of LED chips being electronically connected with the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact by the at least one PCB;
the at least one first male electrical contact and the at least one second male electrical contact being electrically connected with the LED driver;
the LED driver being externally positioned with the at least one first male electrical contact;
the at least one first male electrical contact comprises a first contact and a second contact;
the at least one second male electrical contact comprises a third contact and a fourth contact; and
the first contact and the third contact being electrically connected with the LED driver, wherein the second contact and the fourth contact provide structural support to the cover and heat sink.
9. The lighting apparatus with light-emitting diode chips and a remote phosphor layer as claimed in claim 7 comprises:
the plurality of LED chips being positioned on the at least one PCB;
the plurality of LED chips being faced toward the phosphor layer;
the plurality of LED chips being electronically connected with the at least one first male electrical contact by the at least one PCB;
the at least one first male electrical contact being electrically connected with the LED driver;
the LED driver being externally positioned with the at least one first male electrical contact;
the at least one first male electrical contact comprises a first contact and a second contact; and
the first contact and the second contact being electrically connected with the LED driver, wherein the third contact and the fourth contact of the at least one second male electrical contact provide structural support to the cover and heat sink.