Full spectrum white light emitting devices
A full spectrum white light emitting device may include a broadband solid-state excitation source for generating broadband excitation light with a dominant wavelength from about 420 nm to about 480 nm and a full width at half maximum intensity greater than about 25 nm; and a narrowband red photoluminescence material with an emission peak wavelength from about 620 nm to about 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity of less than about 30 nm; where the device has an efficacy of at least 130 lm/W and generates white light with a CRI Ra≥90, and where over a wavelength range from about 430 nm to about 520 nm, a maximum percentage intensity deviation of the white light from the intensity of light of a black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D of the same Correlated Color Temperature is less than about 50%.
1. A full spectrum white light emitting device comprising:
a broadband solid-state excitation source for generating broadband excitation light with a dominant wavelength from about 420 nm to about 480 nm and a full width at half maximum intensity greater than about 25 nm; and
a narrowband red photoluminescence material with an emission peak wavelength from about 620 nm to about 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity of less than about 30 nm;
wherein the device has an efficacy of at least 130 lm/W and generates white light with a CRI Ra≥90, and
wherein over a wavelength range from about 430 nm to about 520 nm, a maximum percentage intensity deviation of said white light from the intensity of light of a black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D of the same Correlated Color Temperature is less than about 50%.
2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has a Correlated Color Temperature from about 1800K to about 6800 K.
3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the narrowband red photoluminescence material comprises at least one of K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ , K 2 TiF 6 :Mn 4+ and K 2 GeF 6 :Mn 4+ .
4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the device is one of a surface mountable device, chip on board, and filament.
5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has a color rendering CRI R9 of at least 50.
6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has color rendering CRI R1 to CRI R15 being at least 90.
7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has a color rendering CRI R1 to CRI R8 and CRI R10 to CRI R15 of at least 80.
8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has an IEC TM-30 Gamut Index R g of at least 98 and an IEC TM-30 Fidelity Index R f of at least 90.
9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has an IEC TM-30 local color fidelity R f,hj for hue angle-bins h1 to h12 and h13 to h16 of at least 90 and h13 of at least 85.
10. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated by the device has a Circadian Action Factor that is within 20% or 10% of the black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D.
11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a yellow to green photoluminescence material with a peak emission wavelength in a range from 495 nm to 580 nm.
12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a red to orange photoluminescence material with a peak emission wavelength in a range from 580 nm to 625 nm.
13. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the broadband excitation light comprises at least two blue light emissions.
14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the broadband solid-state excitation source comprises:
a first solid-state light source for generating the first blue light emission with a first dominant wavelength from 420 nm to 480 nm; and
a second solid-state light source for generating the second different blue light emission with a second dominant wavelength from 420 nm to 480 nm.
15. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the broadband solid-state excitation source comprises an LED with at least two different quantum wells that each generate a respective one of the at least two different wavelength blue light emissions.
16. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the maximum percentage intensity deviation is less than at least one of 40%, 30%, 20% and 15%.
17. A full spectrum white light emitting device comprising:
a broadband solid-state excitation source for generating broadband excitation light with a dominant wavelength from about 420 nm to about 480 nm and a full width at half maximum intensity greater than about 25 nm; and
a narrowband red photoluminescence material with an emission peak wavelength from about 620 nm to about 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity less than about 30 nm;
wherein the device generates white light with a Circadian Action Factor that is within 20% or 10% of the black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D.
18. A full spectrum white light emitting device comprising:
a broadband solid-state excitation source for generating broadband excitation light with a dominant wavelength from about 420 nm to about 480 nm and a full width at half maximum intensity greater than about 25 nm; and
a narrowband red photoluminescence material;
wherein the device generates a white light spectrum having a tail in the orange to red wavelength region whose relative intensity to that of the black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D of the same Correlated Color Temperature decreases to 25% at a wavelength from about 635 nm to about 675 nm.
19. The light emitting device of claim 18 , wherein the device generates white light having a tail in the orange to red region whose relative intensity to that of the black-body curve or CIE Standard Illuminant D of the same Correlated Color Temperature decreases to 25% at a wavelength from about 645 nm to about 665 nm.