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• the invention relates to the field of light emission diode (LED) assemblies. Particularly the invention relates to enhanced emission phosphor-converting LED light assemblies (pcLED). Such assemblies are often employed to provide white light.
• LED light emission diode
• pcLED enhanced emission phosphor-converting LED light assemblies
• White light emitting LEDs generally comprise a blue emitting LED combined with a phosphor layer that is stimulated by the blue emission of the LED into emitting yellow light, the combination of the yellow and blue emissions providing a white light.
• the path length in the phosphor layer of the light rays emitted by the blue emitting LED is equal to the thickness of the phosphor layer.
• the path length for blue light rays increases. Accordingly the fraction of absorbed blue light rays by the phosphor layer is lower for the light rays with an emission angle of 0° than for the light rays with an increasing emission angle.
• the white light emitted by the LED has a higher correlated colour temperature for normal emission with an emission angle of about 0°.
• the phosphor layer is a Y 3 Al 5 Oi 2 )Ce 3+ (YAG:Ce).
• YAG:Ce YAG:Ce
• emitted light becomes yellowish with increasing emission angle, perceived as yellow ring.
• LED light emission diode
• the light emission diode (LED) assembly comprises a LED die, a phosphor layer, and a filter layer, wherein said filter layer is developed in such a manner that light rays with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm, preferably of about 420 nm to 490 nm, emitted from the LED die are at least partially reflected depending on their emission angle to the normal on the filter layer.
• the LED die is preferably a blue emitting LED.
• the phosphor layer is preferably YsAl 5 O ⁇ Ce 3+ (YAG:Ce).
• the filter layer is preferably a dielectric filter layer.
• This filter layer realises a full transmission for light rays emitted by the LED die independently from their wavelength within the visible range for large emission angles, preferably emission angle between 30° to 90°, to the normal of the filter.
• emission angles preferably emission angles between 0° to 30° to the normal on the filter layer
• partial reflections of the light rays with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm are provided.
• Light rays with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm are blue light rays emitted by the LED die.
• the partial reflections of the blue light rays emitted by the LED die depending on their emission angle to the normal on the filter layer realizes a uniform over angle emission without loss of efficiency of the light emitted by LED.
• the normal on the filter layer is along the axis vertical to the plain surface of the filter layer.
• the emitted intensity ratio of directly emitted light from the LED die and converted light from the phosphor layer has to be constant under all angles.
• light emitted by the LED provides a cudgel- shaped form in the area of small emission angle, preferably an emission angle of about 0° to 30 ° to the normal on the filter layer.
• the yellow light emitted by the LED die usually provides a ball-shaped form over the whole emission angle of about 0° to 90°.
• the filter layer reflects the light rays with an emission angle of about 0° to 30°, preferably of about 0° to 20°, to the normal on the filter layer.
• the reflected light rays are blue light rays of the emitted light of the LED die with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm, preferably of about 420 nm to 490 nm.
• about 10 % to 50 %, preferably of about 15 % to 30 %, of the light rays emitted by the LED die are reflected by the filter layer depending on their emission angle.
• the reflected light rays are blue light rays of the emitted light of the LED die with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm, preferably of about 420 nm to 490 nm.
• about 10 % to 50 %, preferably 15 % to 40 %, of the blue light rays emitted by the LED with an emission angle of about 0° to 40°, preferably of about 0° to 30°, to the normal on the filter layer are reflected.
• the filter layer comprises preferably a dielectric layer coating of alternating low and high refractive index materials.
• the alternating low and high refractive index materials may be chosen in such a manner that a well directed reflection of the blue light emitted by the LED die can be achieved.
• the materials of the dielectric coating layer are preferably transparent for wavelength between 400 nm and 800 nm with a refractive index of the high refractive index materials in the range of 1.6 to 3 and with a refractive index of the low refractive index materials in the range of 1.2 to 1.8.
• the absorption coefficient of the index materials is ⁇ 0.00001 for wavelength > 480 nm and ⁇ 0.003 for wavelength > 400 nm.
• Nb 2 ⁇ 5 preferably used as high refractive index material and SiC> 2 (silicon oxide) is preferably used as low refractive index material.
• the filter layer comprises nine layers o f the high refractive index materials and nine layers of the low refractive index materials.
• the layers may be applied by thin film deposition techniques like chemical vapour deposition or sputtering.
• the filter layer is arranged between the LED die and the phosphor layer.
• the filter layer is positioned on top of the LED die and the phosphor layer is positioned on top of the filter layer.
• the phosphor layer is arranged on top of the LED die and the filter layer is arranged on top of the phosphor layer.
• a LED assembly with a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer, wherein the filter layer is arranged between the first phosphor layer and the second phosphor layer.
• the first phosphor layer is positioned on top of the LED die.
• the phosphor layer may comprise a Lumiramic plate and/or phosphor powder embedded in a transparent matrix material.
• the Lumiramic plate is a poly- crystalline ceramic plate of Ce (III) doped yttrium gadolinium garnet (Y, GdAG:Ce). To combine such a Lumiramic plate with a blue light emitting LED die to produce white light in the range of 5000 K correlated color temperature is very advantageously.
• the LED assembly may provide a transparent glass plate which functions as a substrate for the filter layer.
• the filter layer does not have to be applied directly on the LED die or the phosphor layer.
• the filter layer can be easily applied to the transparent glass plate and after applying the filter layer on the glass plate it is arranged to the LED assembly.
• the filter layer has a total thickness of 750 nm to 950 nm, preferably of about 800 nm to 900 nm.
• the phosphor layer has a thickness of about 80 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m, preferably of about 100 ⁇ m to 130 ⁇ m.
• the layers of high refractive index materials preferably vary in thickness from 5 nm to about 70 nm and the layers of low refractive index materials preferably vary in thickness from about 20 nm to about 300 nm.
• Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a light emitting diode assembly according to the invention
• Fig. 2 is a graph showing the transmittance of the inventive filter layer depending on the emission angle and the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED die;
• Fig. 3 is a graph showing geometrical distance of color coordinates to the color coordinates in normal emission in Uniform Color Space (CIE 1976) of a white LED assembly;
• Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of a light emitting diode assembly according to the invention.
• Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of a light emitting diode assembly according to the invention.
• Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a light emission diode (LED) assembly according to the invention with a LED die 10, a phosphor layer 12 and a filter layer 14.
• the led die 10, the phosphor layer 12 and the filter 14 are preferably covered by a semicircle-shaped housing 16 that can have a reflecting coating applied to the interior wall thereof.
• the LED die 10 that emits blue light with a wavelength of about 400 nm to 500 nm is positioned at the bottom 18 of the LED assembly.
• the phosphor layer 12 On the top of the LED die 10 the phosphor layer 12 is positioned.
• the phosphor layer 12 emits yellow light with a wavelength of about 570 nm to 590 nm.
• the phosphor layer 12 may comprise a Lumiramic plate and/or a phosphor powder embedded in a transparent matrix material.
• the thickness of the phosphor layer 12 is about 100 ⁇ m to 120 ⁇ m.
• the filter layer 14 is positioned on the top of the phosphor layer 12 .
• the filter layer 12 comprises a dielectric layer coating of alternating low and high reflective index materials, like Nb 2 Os and SiO 2 .
• Fig. 2 shows a graph showing the transmittance of the inventive filter layer 14 depending on the emission angle and the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED die 10.
• the filter layer 14 shown in this graph has a layer construction shown in the following table 1 :
• the different lines shown in the graph are the different emission angles 0°, 26 °; 40° and 77°.
• large emission angles like 40° and 77°
• light rays independent from its wavelength are able to pass the filter layer 14 without any reflection or absorption.
• the transmission of the emitted light rays, especially the blue emitted light rays is about 100%.
• blue light rays with a wavelength of 400 nm to 500 nm are not completely able to pass the filter layer.
• the transmission of the emitted light rays is about 80%.
• about 20 % of the blue light rays are reflected by the filter layer 14.
• the yellow light rays of the phosphor layer 12 with a wavelength of about 520 nm to 650 nm are fully able to pass the filter layer independent from the emission angle.
• the filter layer 14 only reflects some of the blue emitted light rays.
• the partial reflections of blue light rays emitted by the LED die 10 depending on their emission angle to the normal on the filter layer 14 realizes a uniform over angle emission without loss of efficiency of the light emitted by the LED die 10, because blue light reflected at the filter layer is absorbed by the phosphor layer and converted to phosphor emission.
• the filter layer 14 can also have the layer construction shown in the following table 2:
• Fig. 3 shows the geometrical distance of color coordinates to the color coordinates in normal emission in Uniform Color Space (CIE 1976) of a white LED assembly without (full line) and with (dashed line) an inventive filter layer depending from the emission angle of the emitted light rays.
• CIE 1976 Uniform Color Space
• Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of a light emitting diode assembly according to the invention.
• the filter layer 14 is arranged between the LED die 10 and the phosphor layer 12.
• Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of a third embodiment of a light emitting diode assembly according to the invention, whereas the LED assembly comprises a first phosphor layer 12 and a second phosphor layer 20.
• the filter layer 14 is arranged between the first phosphor layer 12 and the second phosphor layer 20, whereas the first phosphor layer 12 is positioned on top of the LED die 10.

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