IP Library Granted Patent US 9,447,945
Granted Patent B2
US 9,447,945 · App. 14/593,135 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Lighting source using solid state emitter and phosphor materials

Inventors: Nadarajah Narendran (Clifton Park, NY); Yimin Gu (Los Gatos, CA)
Assignee: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
F21V9/08F21K2/00F21K9/00F21K9/56F21V9/16F21Y2101/02F21Y2101/025H01L25/0753H01L33/507H01L2924/0002H01L2933/0091
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,447,945
App. No.
14/593,135
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a light source configured to emit light and arranged on the substrate, a phosphor layer being apart from the light source and configured to convert the light into forward transmitted light and backward transmitted light, and an optic device, being narrower than the substrate and having a transparent side wall, configured to direct at least a portion of the backward transmitted light through the transparent side wall and toward the substrate. In another aspect, a light-emitting apparatus includes a transparent base, a light source on the transparent base, a transparent material covering the light source, a phosphor layer on the transparent material, and a transparent wall on the phosphor layer.

Claims (13)

1. A light-emitting apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a light source configured to emit light and arranged on the substrate;

a phosphor layer being apart from the light source and configured to convert the light into forward transmitted light and backward transmitted light; and

an optic device, being narrower than the substrate and having a transparent side wall, configured to direct at least a portion of the backward transmitted light through the transparent side wall and toward the substrate.

2. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the optic device directly contacts the light source.

3. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transparent side wall is inclined against the substrate.

4. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transparent side wall is substantially not a reflective surface.

5. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a layer with scattering particles formed on the phosphor layer.

6. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer comprises a quantum dot, quantum dot crystals, or quantum dot nano crystals.

7. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer has a variable thickness.

8. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light source has a side wall covered by the optic device.

9. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a topmost surface on which the light source is arranged.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 13758362 · Feb 4, 2013
Continuation 12947899 · Nov 17, 2010
Continuation 11642089 · Dec 20, 2006
Continuation In Part 10583105
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