IP Library Granted Patent US 9,206,947
Granted Patent B2
US 9,206,947 · App. 12/723,487 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

LED module, LED illumination means, and LED lamp for the energy-efficient reproduction of white light

Inventors: Erwin Baumgartner (Graz, AT); Franz Schrank (Raaba, AT)
Assignee: LUMITECH PRODUKTION UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
F21K9/135F21Y2101/02H01L25/0753H01L33/50H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 9,206,947
App. No.
12/723,487
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED module, selectively comprising at least zero, one, or a plurality of LEDs from Group B and/or Group G and/or Group R and at least one or more LEDs from Group P. The concentration of phosphors/phosphor mixtures of the LEDs in Group P is selected such that the photometric efficiency (lm/W) thereof is at or near the maximum as a function of the CIE x-coordinates.

Claims (20)

1. An LED module comprising:

at least one LED of a Group B of LEDs wherein the Group B of LEDs comprises one or more LEDs with a dominant wavelength in a value range of 380 nm to 480 nm;

at least one LED of a Group R of LEDs, wherein the Group R of LEDs comprises one or more LEDs with a dominent wavelength in a value range of 600 nm to 640 nm;

at least one LED of a Group P of LEDs which comprises one or more LEDs that excite a phosphor or a phosphor mixture and are from the Group B of LEDs wherein emissions of the at least one LED of the Group P and of the at least one LED of the Group R and of the at least one LED of the Group B are additively mixed;

a concentration of the phosphor or of the phosphor mixture of the at least one LED of the Group P being selected such that a photometric efficacy thereof, measured in lm/W, as a function of a CIE x-coordinate lies at a maximum or not more than about 20% below the maximum;

the at least one LED of the Group P and the at least one LED of the Group R and the at least one LED of the Group B are formed and can be activated and controlled or regulated in such a way that white light is generated, and a color locus of the white light lies on or near Planck's curve, wherein a color temperature of the white light can be adjusted steplessly in a range of 2800K to at least 6500K and that a color rendition Ra8 of the white light amounts to at least 85.

2. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein the LED module can be controlled or regulated such that the color temperature of the white light that is generated can be adjusted steplessly in a range of 2500K to 8000K.

3. The LED module according to claim 2 , wherein the color temperature between 2500K and 8000K can be steplessly controlled or regulated from LEDs of Group P and Group G and Group B to produce white light, the color locus lies on or near Planck's curve and the phosphor of Group P has a peak wavelength in the value range between 590 and 640 nm.

4. The LED module according to claim 2 , wherein LEDs of the Group B and LEDs of the Group R are arranged under a common color conversion layer.

5. The LED module according to claim 2 , wherein the LED module is installed in a standard lighting means.

6. The LED module according to claim 2 , wherein with a power consumption of 8 to 10 watts electric power, a luminous efficiency of at least 500 lumens is achieved and at the same time the Ra8 value is greater than 85.

7. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein the color temperature between 2500K and 8000K can be steplessly controlled or regulated from LEDs of Group P and Group G and Group B to produce white light, the color locus lies on or near Planck's curve and the phosphor of Group P has a peak wavelength in the value range between 590 and 640 nm.

8. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein LEDs of the Group B and LEDs of the Group R are arranged under a common color conversion layer.

9. The LED module according to claim 8 , wherein the LED module is installed in a standard lighting means.

10. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein the LED module is installed in a standard lighting means.

11. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein with a power consumption of 8 to 10 watts electric power, a luminous efficiency of at least 500 lumens is achieved and at the same time the Ra8 value is greater than 85.

12. The LED module according to claim 1 , wherein the color temperature of the white light that is generated can be adjusted steplessly within at least a partial range of Plancks curve that is located within a color space spanned by color loci of the LEDs of the Group P, the Group R, and the Group B.

13. The LED module according to claim 12 , wherein LEDs of the Group B and LEDs of the Group R are arranged under a common color conversion layer.

14. The LED module according to claim 12 , wherein the LED module is installed in a standard lighting means.

15. A method for producing an LED module, wherein the adjustment of a color temperature is carried out starting from the color locus of Group P, the intensity of Group B is increased until the desired mixed color locus is produced on the straight line between the points of Group P and Group B and then the intensity of Group R is increased until the target color locus is achieved on Planck's curve.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 7, 2020
From: LUMITECH PATENTVERWERTUNG GMBH
To: CERINET USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052597/0723 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 7, 2020
From: CERINET USA, INC.
To: LUMITECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC.
Reel/Frame 052597/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: LUMITECH PRODUKTION UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
To: LUMITECH PATENTVERWERTUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 051113/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2010
From: BAUMGARTNER, ERWIN; SCHRANK, FRANZ
To: LUMITEC PRODUKTION ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 024248/0637 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 043 355 · Sep 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2008007397 · Sep 10, 2008
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