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US 12,707,542 · App. 18/570,378 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Light emission arrangement and method for operating a light emission arrangement

Inventors: Michael Brandl (Mintraching, DE); Sebastian Stigler (Scharmassing, DE)
Assignee: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
H05B45/22H05B45/325
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Patent No.
US 12,707,542
App. No.
18/570,378
Filed
Dec 14, 2023
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
PHAM, THAI N
Art Unit
2845
USPC
315/151
Abstract

A light emission arrangement includes a driver arrangement having a first, a second, and a third driver. The light emission arrangement also includes a number N of assemblies. Each assembly includes a first, a second, and a third light-emitting semiconductor body. The number N is greater than 1. The first driver is coupled to a first series connection including the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies. The second driver is coupled to a second series connection including the second light emitting-semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies. The third driver is coupled to a third series connection including the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies. The first, second, and third driver are each configured to output a driver signal dependent on photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies.

Claims (78)

1 . A light emission arrangement comprising

a driver arrangement comprising a first, a second, and a third driver, and

a number N of assemblies, each comprising a first, a second, and a third light-emitting semiconductor body,

wherein the number N is greater than 1,

wherein the first driver is coupled to a first series connection comprising the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the second driver is coupled to a second series connection comprising the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the third driver is coupled to a third series connection comprising the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver are each configured to output a driver signal, which depends on photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the driver arrangement comprises a memory,

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver are each configured to output a pulse width modulated driver signal with a first, a second, and a third duty cycle and to adjust the first, the second, and the third duty cycle corresponding to an information stored in the memory,

wherein at least one photometric quantity of the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies is averaged,

wherein at least one photometric quantity of the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies is averaged,

wherein at least one photometric quantity of the third semiconductor light-emitting bodies of the number N of assemblies is averaged, and

wherein the first duty cycle of the first driver, the second duty cycle of the second driver, and the third duty cycle of the third driver are determined corresponding to at least one of a target chromaticity coordinate or a target luminous intensity and corresponding to the average values of the at least one photometric quantity.

2 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first duty cycle of the first driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the second duty cycle of the second driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies, and

wherein the third duty cycle of the third driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies.

3 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 2 ,

wherein the target duty cycles of the first, the second and the third light-emitting semiconductor body in an assembly of the number N of assemblies are determined assembly by assembly in dependence of the photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body corresponding to at least one of a target chromaticity coordinate or a target luminous intensity.

4 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one photometric quantity comprises:

a luminous intensity of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies or

a luminous intensity and both chromaticity coordinate values of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body or

tristimulus coordinates of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies.

5 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one driver from a group comprising the first, the second, and the third driver is configured to adjust a level of the pulse width modulated driver signal corresponding to an information stored in the memory.

6 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies are realized as light-emitting diode chips emitting in the red spectrum,

wherein the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies are realized as light-emitting diode chips emitting in the green spectrum, and

wherein the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies are realized as light-emitting diode chips emitting in the blue spectrum.

7 . The light emission arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein an assembly of the number N of assemblies each comprises a package.

8 . A method for operating a light emission arrangement,

wherein the light emission arrangement comprises a number N of assemblies each comprising a first, a second, and a third semiconductor light-emitting body,

wherein the method comprises

operating a first series connection comprising the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies with a first driver signal by a first driver of a driver arrangement,

operating a second series connection comprising the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies with a second driver signal by a second driver of the driver arrangement, and

operating a third series connection comprising the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies with a third driver signal by a third driver of the driver arrangement,

wherein the number N is greater than 1,

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver signals depend on photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the first, the second, and the third drivers each output a pulse width modulated driver signal with a first, a second, and a third duty cycle and adjust the first, the second, and the third duty cycle corresponding to an information stored in a memory of the driver arrangement, and

wherein the method further comprises:

identifying a first average value of at least one photometric quantity of the first semiconductor light-emitting bodies of the number N of assemblies,

identifying a second average value of at least one photometric quantity of the second light emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

identifying a third average value of at least one photometric quantity of the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies, and

determining the first duty cycle of the first driver, the second duty cycle of the second driver, and the third duty cycle of the third driver corresponding to at least one of a target chromaticity coordinate or a target luminous intensity and corresponding to the first, second, and third average value of the at least one photometric quantity.

9 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the method comprises:

determining the first duty cycle of the first driver by identifying an average value of N target duty cycles of the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

determining the second duty cycle of the second driver by identifying an average value of N target duty cycles of the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies, and

determining the third duty cycle of the third driver by identifying an average value of N target duty cycles of the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies.

10 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the target duty cycles of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body in an assembly of the number N of assemblies are determined assembly by assembly corresponding to at least one of a target chromaticity coordinate or a target luminous intensity.

11 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein one or more of the first, second or third average value is calculated as an arithmetic average value, calculated as a median, calculated as a quadratic average value, or calculated according to the method of the least squares.

12 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the at least one photometric quantity comprises:

a luminous intensity of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body or

a luminous intensity and both chromaticity coordinate values of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body or

tristimulus coordinates of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor body.

13 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein a light arrangement comprises a number M of light emission arrangements,

wherein the number M is greater than 1,

wherein a light emission arrangement of the number M of light emission arrangements comprises the number N of assemblies, and

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver signals depend on photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the assemblies of the number M of light emission arrangements.

14 . A light emission arrangement comprising

a driver arrangement comprising a first, a second, and a third driver, and

a number N of assemblies, each comprising a first, a second, and a third light-emitting semiconductor body,

wherein the number N is greater than 1,

wherein the first driver is coupled to a first series connection comprising the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the second driver is coupled to a second series connection comprising the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the third driver is coupled to a third series connection comprising the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver are each configured to output a driver signal, which depends on photometric quantities of the first, the second, and the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the driver arrangement comprises a memory,

wherein the first, the second, and the third driver are each configured to output a pulse width modulated driver signal with a first, a second, and a third duty cycle and to adjust the first, the second, and the third duty cycle corresponding to an information stored in the memory,

wherein the first duty cycle of the first driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the first light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies,

wherein the second duty cycle of the second driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the second light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies, and wherein the third duty cycle of the third driver is an average value of a number N of target duty cycles of the third light-emitting semiconductor bodies of the number N of assemblies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: BRANDL, MICHAEL; STIGLER, SEBASTIAN
To: AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 065887/0013 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 115 713.7 · Jun 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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