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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Mark Pugh, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gerard Harbers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Pugh, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gerard Harbers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignees:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Eindhoven, NL;
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides an illumination system and a method for illumination. The illumination system includes one or more light sources that produce a primary light, a light-mixing zone that homogenizes the primary light, a wavelength-converting layer that converts the primary light to a secondary light, and a light-transmitting zone that receives the secondary light and transmits the secondary light to, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).