IP Library Granted Patent US 12,232,461
Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,461 · App. 17/445,140 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Light emission source LED component, horticultural light, and horticultural lighting fixture

Inventor: Lars Aikala (Helsinki, FI)
Assignee: GREENLUX LIGHTING SOLUTIONS OY
A01G7/045F21K9/64H01L25/0753H01L33/50H01L33/507H01L33/54H01L33/62F21Y2115/10H01L33/502H01L33/504H01L33/60H01L2924/0002H05B45/30Y02P60/14
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Patent No.
US 12,232,461
App. No.
17/445,140
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.

Claims (33)

1. A Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source configured to facilitate plant growth, the LED light source comprising:

a luminescent ultraviolet (UV) LED,

wherein the LED light source has spectral characteristics including at least

a first spectral feature including a first spectral peak in a wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm,

a second spectral feature including a second spectral peak in a wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm, and

a third spectral feature including a third spectral peak in the wavelength range from 300 to 400 nm, the UV LED being configured to exhibit the third spectral feature,

wherein an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm is greater than an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm, and

wherein an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 500 and 600 nm is lower than the intensity of the highest peak value in the wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm and the intensity of the highest peak value in the wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm.

2. The LED light source as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LED light source is configured to further produce:

a fourth spectral feature including a non-zero emission intensity in the wavelength range from 700 to 800 nm.

3. The LED light source as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the UV LED is configured to further exhibit the first and the second spectral features as phosphorescent spectral characteristics.

4. A horticultural lighting fixture configured to facilitate plant grown, the horticultural lighting fixture comprising:

a first Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source comprising a luminescent ultraviolet (UV) LED,

wherein the horticultural lighting fixture has spectral characteristics including at least

a first spectral feature including a first spectral peak in a wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm,

a second spectral feature including a second spectral peak in a wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm, and

a third spectral feature including a third spectral peak in the wavelength range from 300 to 400 nm, the UV LED being configured to exhibit the third spectral feature,

wherein an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm is greater than an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm, and

wherein an intensity of a highest peak value in the wavelength range between 500 and 600 nm is lower than the intensity of the highest peak value in the wavelength range between 300 and 500 nm and the intensity of the highest peak value in the wavelength range between 600 and 700 nm.

5. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a second LED light source configured to produce the first spectral peak and the second spectral peak,

wherein the first spectral peak exhibits a bandwidth of at least 50 nm at a half height of the highest peak value of the first spectral peak, and

the second spectral peak exhibits a bandwidth of 50 nm or less at a half height of the highest peak value of the second spectral peak.

6. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second LED light source comprises

a semiconductor LED chip configured to produce the second spectral peak, and

at least one phosphor disposed in proximity to the semiconductor LED chip to produce the first spectral peak by down-converting a part of a radiation power of the semiconductor LED chip.

7. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a third LED light source configured to produce a fourth spectral feature comprising a fourth spectral peak in the wavelength range from 700 to 800 nm.

8. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the UV LED first LED light source is configured to further exhibit the first and the second spectral features as phosphorescent spectral characteristics.

9. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a second LED light source configured to produce a fourth spectral feature comprising a fourth spectral peak in the wavelength range from 700 to 800 nm.

10. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a second LED light source configured to produce a fourth spectral feature comprising a fourth spectral peak in the wavelength range from 700 to 800 nm.

11. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a second LED light source comprising

a semiconductor LED chip configured to produce the second spectral peak, and

at least one phosphor disposed in proximity to the semiconductor LED chip to produce the first spectral peak and a fourth spectral feature by down-converting a part of a radiation power of the semiconductor LED chip.

12. The horticultural lighting fixture as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising a third LED light source configured to produce a fourth spectral feature comprising a fourth spectral peak in the wavelength range from 700 to 800 nm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 17, 2025
From: VALOYA OY
To: GREENLUX LIGHTING SOLUTIONS OY
Reel/Frame 069938/0780 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: AIKALA, LARS
To: VALOYA OY
Reel/Frame 057191/0175 →
Priority Claims (1)
FI 20095967 · Sep 18, 2009 · national
Continuity (6)
Division 16659178 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation 15341406 · Nov 2, 2016
Division 13390370
Division 12797215 · Jun 9, 2010
Provisional Application 61243613 · Sep 18, 2009
Related Publication 20210386025A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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