IP Library Granted Patent US 12,366,334
Granted Patent B2
US 12,366,334 · App. 18/378,609 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

LED-filament comprising a light scattering material layer

Inventors: Gang Wang (Sunnyvale, CA); Jun-Gang Zhao (Fremont, CA); Yi-Qun Li (Danville, CA)
Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
F21K9/232C09K11/617C09K11/77348C09K11/7774H01L25/0753H10H20/8513H10H20/856H10H20/882
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Patent No.
US 12,366,334
App. No.
18/378,609
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED-filament comprising: a partially light transmissive substrate; a plurality of LED chips on a front face of the substrate; a photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers all of the plurality of LED chips; and a light scattering layer that is in direct contact with and covers at least the photoluminescence material, wherein the light scattering layer comprises particles of light scattering material, and wherein the photoluminescence material comprises broadband green to red photoluminescence materials and narrowband red photoluminescence material.

Claims (36)

1. An LED-filament comprising:

a partially light transmissive substrate;

a plurality of LED chips on a front face of the substrate;

a photoluminescence material layer comprising at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers each of the plurality of LED chips; and

a light scattering layer comprising particles of a light scattering material that is in direct contact with and covers the photoluminescence material layer and at least a part of a back face of the substrate,

wherein there is no photoluminescence material layer on the back face of the substrate; and

wherein light emitted from the LED-filament is emitted through the light scattering layer covering the photoluminescence material layer and the at least the part of the back face of the substrate.

2. The LED-filament of claim 1 , wherein the light scattering layer comprises respective light scattering layers constituting a front and back face of the LED-filament.

3. The LED-filament of claim 1 , wherein the light scattering material is white in color.

4. The LED-filament of claim 1 , wherein, in an off-state, the LED-filament is substantially the color of the light scattering material.

5. The LED-filament of claim 1 , wherein the light scattering material is selected from the group consisting of: zinc oxide (ZnO), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), barium sulfate (BaSO 4 ), magnesium oxide (MgO), silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2 ), and mixtures thereof.

6. The LED-filament of claim 1 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises a narrowband red photoluminescence material.

7. The LED-filament of claim 6 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises a single layer comprising the at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material and the narrowband red photoluminescence material.

8. The LED-filament of claim 6 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises:

a first layer comprising the narrowband red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers each of the plurality of LED chips; and

a second layer comprising the at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers the first layer, and

wherein the light scattering layer is in direct contact with and covers the second layer.

9. The LED-filament of claim 6 , wherein the narrowband red photoluminescence material is at least one phosphor selected from the group consisting of: K 2 SiF 6 : Mn 4+ , K 2 GeF 6 :Mn 4+ , and K 2 TiF 6 :Mn 4+ .

10. An LED-filament lamp comprising:

an LED-filament comprising:

a partially light transmissive substrate;

a plurality of LED chips on a front face of the substrate;

a photoluminescence material layer comprising at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers each of the plurality of LED chips; and

a light scattering layer comprising particles of a light scattering material that is in direct contact with and covers the photoluminescence material layer and at least a part of a back face of the substrate,

wherein there is no photoluminescence material layer on the back face of the substrate; and

wherein light emitted from the LED-filament is emitted through the light scattering layer covering the photoluminescence material layer and the at least the part of the back face of the substrate.

11. The light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the light scattering material is white in color.

12. The LED-filament lamp of claim 10 , wherein the light scattering layer comprises respective light scattering layers constituting a front and back face of the LED-filament.

13. The LED-filament lamp of claim 10 , wherein the light scattering material is selected from the group consisting of: zinc oxide (ZnO), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), barium sulfate (BaSO 4 ), magnesium oxide (MgO), silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2 ), and mixtures thereof.

14. The LED-filament lamp of claim 10 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises a narrowband red photoluminescence material.

15. The LED-filament lamp of claim 14 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises a single layer comprising the at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material and the narrowband red photoluminescence material.

16. The LED-filament lamp of claim 14 , wherein the photoluminescence material layer comprises:

a first layer comprising the narrowband red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers each of the plurality of LED chips; and

a second layer comprising the at least one broadband green to red photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers the first layer, and

wherein the light scattering layer is in direct contact with and covers the second layer.

17. The LED-filament lamp of claim 14 , wherein the narrowband red photoluminescence material is at least one phosphor selected from the group consisting of: K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ , K 2 GeF 6 :Mn 4+ , and K 2 TiF 6 :Mn 4+ .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2025
From: WANG, GANG; ZHAO, JUN-GANG; LI, YI-QUN
To: INTEMATIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070550/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2025
From: INTEMATIX CORPORATION
To: BRIDGELUX, INC.
Reel/Frame 070122/0924 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17543639 · Dec 6, 2021
Continuation In Part 16540019 · Aug 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62831699 · Apr 9, 2019
Provisional Application 62820249 · Mar 18, 2019
Related Publication 20240117946A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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