IP Library Granted Patent US 9,574,723
Granted Patent B2
US 9,574,723 · App. 14/944,065 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

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
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Patent No.
US 9,574,723
App. No.
14/944,065
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
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 (15)

1. An LED module comprising:

at least one LED of a Group B, 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 dominant 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 within at least a partial range of a range of Plank's 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 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 color temperature of the white light that is generated can be adjusted steplessly in a range of about 2800K to about 6500K.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. The LED module according to claim 3 , wherein LEDs of the Group B and LEDs of the Group R are arranged under a common color conversion layer.

7. A standard lighting means having an LED module according to claim 1 .

8. A standard lighting means having an LED module according to claim 2 .

9. A standard lighting means having an LED module according to claim 3 .

10. A standard lighting means having an LED module according to claim 4 .

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 Mar 9, 2016
From: BAUMGARTNER, ERWIN; SCHRANK, FRANZ
To: LUMITECH PRODUKTION UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 038048/0987 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 043 355 · Sep 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (3)
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