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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362293 ; 313112 ; 313113 ; 313114 ; 313502 ; 313506 ; 313512 ; 362800 ; 362293 ; 362260 ; 257 98 ; 257 97 ; 257 13 ;
Abstract
A visible light emitting device for use in lighting and/or display applications includes a UV LED, a phosphor layer on the upper, main light emitting surface of the LED, and a short wave pass (SWP) filter between the LED and the phosphor layer to transmit UV light from the LED to the phosphor layer, as well as to reflect visible light from the phosphor layer in a forward direction, thus enhancing the efficiency of the device. Additional optical filters located on the top of the phosphor layer further enhance efficiency and/or spectral characteristics of the emitted light.