IP Library Granted Patent US 11,231,148
Granted Patent B2
US 11,231,148 · App. 17/064,487 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Light emitting device with improved warm-white color point

Inventors: Wouter Soer (Eindhoven, NL); Hans-Helmut Bechtel (Roetgen, DE)
Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
F21K9/64C09K11/0883C09K11/7721C09K11/7734F21K9/62F21V7/22F21V23/009H01L25/0753H01L33/504H01L33/507
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Patent No.
US 11,231,148
App. No.
17/064,487
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device is disclosed and includes an emission source configured to emit a primary blue light and a wavelength-converting element configured to convert the primary blue light to a secondary light having a correlated color temperature (CCT) in the range of 1600K-2500K and color rendering index (CRI) in the range of 40-60, the wavelength-converting element including a red phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is less than 620 nm and a green phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is greater than 530 nm. The device may exhibit a melanopic/photopic ratio of less than 0.25 and/or may exhibit a radiometric power fraction of light having a wavelength below 530 nm below .1.

Claims (24)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

an emission source configured to emit a primary blue light; and

a wavelength-converting element configured to convert the primary blue light to a secondary light having a melanopic/photopic ratio of less than 0.25, the wavelength-converting element including a red phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is less than 620 nm and a green phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is greater than 530 nm.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor has a peak emission wavelength of approximately 604 nm, and the green phosphor has a peak emission wavelength of approximately 543 nm.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission source includes at least one light emitting diode.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the peak emission wavelength of the green phosphor material is approximately in a range 530-560 nm and the peak emission wavelength of the red phosphor material is approximately in a range of 580-620 nm.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 1.6.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 1.01.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 0.64.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor material and the green phosphor material are suspended in a silicone matrix, and the wavelength-converting element has a phosphor-to-silicon mass ratio in the range of 0.62-0.68.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the secondary light has a correlated color temperature (CCT) in a range of 1600K-2500K.

10. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the secondary light has a color rendering index (CRI) in a range of 40-60.

11. A light emitting device, comprising:

an emission source configured to emit a primary blue light; and

a wavelength-converting element configured to convert the primary blue light to a secondary light having a radiometric power fraction of light having a wavelength below 530 nm below 0.1, the wavelength-converting element including a red phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is less than 620 nm and a green phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength that is greater than 530 nm.

12. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the red phosphor has a peak emission wavelength of approximately 604 nm, and the green phosphor has a peak emission wavelength of approximately 543 nm.

13. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the emission source includes at least one light emitting diode.

14. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the peak emission wavelength of the green phosphor material is approximately in a range 530-560 nm and the peak emission wavelength of the red phosphor material is approximately in a range of 580-620 nm.

15. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 1.6.

16. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 1.01.

17. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the wavelength-converting element has a green-to-red phosphor weight ratio of approximately 0.64.

18. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the secondary light has a correlated color temperature (CCT) in a range of 1600K-2500K.

19. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the secondary light has a color rendering index (CRI) in a range of 40-60.

20. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the red phosphor material and the green phosphor material are suspended in a silicone matrix, and the wavelength-converting element has a phosphor-to-silicon mass ratio in the range of 0.62-0.68.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: LUMILEDS LLC
To: LUMILEDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071888/0086 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
To: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 070046/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 062299/0338 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: LUMILEDS, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
Reel/Frame 062114/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2020
From: SOER, WOUTER; BECHTEL, HANS-HELMUT
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 054015/0268 →