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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Light-emitting device with remote scattering element and total internal reflection extractor element
Quarkstar Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Hans Peter Stormberg, Stolberg, DE;
Robert C. Gardner, Atherton, CA (US);
Gregory A. Magel, Dallas, TX (US);
Ferdinand Schinagl, North Vancouver, CA;
Roland H. Haitz, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Quarkstar LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A variety of light-emitting devices are disclosed that are configured to output light provided by a light-emitting element (LEE). In general, embodiments of the light-emitting devices feature a light-emitting element, a scattering element that is spaced apart from the light-emitting element and an extractor element coupled to the scattering element, where the extractor element includes, at least in part, a total internal reflection surface. Luminaires incorporating light-emitting devices of this type are also disclosed.