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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Oliver Dross, Waalre, NL;
Signify Holding B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A dielectric collimator () comprising a center lens (), the center lens comprising a light input surface () and a light exit surface (), the light exit surface () being convex and substantially hemispherical, and the light input surface () comprising a central surface section () forming a light transmitting portion of the center lens adapted for receiving incoming light () and transmitting it to be emitted from the light exit surface, and a peripherally extending, annular outer surface section () being substantially plane and adapted for redirecting incoming light () in such a manner that the redirected light () undergoes TIR at the light exit surface and is emitted back out of the light input surface.