WO2013010919A1 - Lighting device - Google Patents

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WO2013010919A1
WO2013010919A1 PCT/EP2012/063727 EP2012063727W WO2013010919A1 WO 2013010919 A1 WO2013010919 A1 WO 2013010919A1 EP 2012063727 W EP2012063727 W EP 2012063727W WO 2013010919 A1 WO2013010919 A1 WO 2013010919A1
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Peng Chen
Tingming LIU
Shengmei Zheng
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V3/00—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses
    • F21V3/04—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings
    • F21V3/06—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings characterised by the material
    • F21V3/08—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings characterised by the material the material comprising photoluminescent substances
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
    • F21K9/20—Light sources comprising attachment means
    • F21K9/23—Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
    • F21K9/232—Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
    • F21K9/60—Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction
    • F21K9/64—Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V29/00—Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • F21V29/50—Cooling arrangements
    • F21V29/70—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V3/00—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses
    • F21V3/02—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by the shape
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10W—GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10W90/00—Package configurations
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2103/00—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
    • F21Y2103/10—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10H—INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
    • H10H20/00—Individual inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers, e.g. light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H10H20/80—Constructional details
    • H10H20/85—Packages
    • H10H20/851—Wavelength conversion means
    • H10H20/8515—Wavelength conversion means not being in contact with the bodies

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  • the present invention relates to a lighting device.
  • LED lighting devices may emit white light or white-like light.
  • white light is mixed light
  • ideal white light is obtained mainly by a light mixing process in the LED lighting devices in the prior art.
  • the emitted white light directly passes through the cover of the lighting device to be incident on an object.
  • white light is obtained by mixing light through setting the blue LED and a phosphor layer, viz. the blue light emitted by the blue LED passes through the phosphor layer to be converted into yellow light and this yellow light and the rest of blue light are mixed to become white light.
  • the blue/yellow ratio is not a fixed value in different directions when the blue light interacts with the phosphor layer to form white light, leading to non-uniform angular CCT distribution.
  • the object of the present invention lies in providing a lighting device, which may realize uniform angular CCT distribution .
  • the lighting device com- prises a circuit board and a LED lighting chip provided on one side of the circuit board, characterized by, further comprising an phosphor layer arranged to enclose the LED lighting chip, wherein the phosphor layer has different thicknesses at different light emergence angles.
  • the present invention provides a solution of compensating CCT by adjusting the thickness of the phosphor layer so as to realize relatively uniform CCT.
  • the inventor has found that, in the case where the thickness of the phosphor layer is unchanged, CCT values at respective angels decrease in a direction from the position where light is emitted perpendicularly to the positions at two sides where the light is emitted horizontally, and the above difference is very large.
  • the inventor firstly provide the solution that the ratio of the light generated by a LED to the light generated by exciting the phosphor layer is adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the phosphor layer at different light emergence angles so as to realize uniform CCT.
  • the thickness of the phosphor layer increases with the increase of the intensity of light incident on the phosphor layer. Accordingly, the thickness of the phosphor layer is larger at the position where the light intensity is higher, while the thickness of the phosphor layer is smaller at the position where the light intensity is lower, such that the ratio of the light generated by the LED to the light gen- erated by exciting the phosphor layer is adjusted to realize uniform CCT.
  • the phosphor layer is arc-shaped. Other suitable shape also may be considered.
  • the LED lighting chip is a blue LED chip, such that the ratio of blue light to yellow light is adjusted to realize uniform CCT .
  • Other LED lighting chips generating white light by mixing fluorescent light may certainly be used .
  • the phosphor layer has a thickness matching with the light distribution of the blue LED chip and has a thick- ness distribution gradually decreasing from the position where the light emergence angle is 90° in a direction towards 0°or 180° .
  • the maximum thickness of the phosphor layer at the position where the light emergence angle is 90° is 1.5 mm and the minimum thickness thereof at the position where the light emergence angle is 0° or 180° is 0.7 mm.
  • the above values can achieve excellent CCT distribution.
  • the phosphor layer is distributed in a range of light emergence angle from 0 to 180°, thereby forming a semi- circular phosphor layer.
  • the phosphor layer is arranged a certain distance away from the LED lighting chip. This means that a certain distance exists between the phosphor layer and the LED chip, thereby ensuring that the heat generated by the LED in the operating state slightly affects the temperature of the phosphor in the phosphor layer.
  • the distance is greater than or equal to a distance between every two LED lighting chips.
  • the phosphor layer is made of plastic doped with phosphor.
  • Such design may advantageously reduce the weight of the lighting device itself and reduce the interface passed by the emitted light.
  • the phosphor suitable for the LED light source may be, e.g., YAG phosphor, nitride phosphor, and silicate phosphor.
  • a light-transmissive cover the inner surface of which facing the LED lighting chip is coated with the phosphor layer, thereby allowing for a relatively simple manufacturing process.
  • the phosphor layer comprises phosphor and silicon epoxy .
  • the lighting device further comprises a heat sink, which is provided on the other side of the circuit board and engages the phosphor layer or the light- transmissive cover coated with the phosphor layer to define an enclosed cavity accommodating the circuit board provided with the LED lighting chip.
  • a heat sink which is provided on the other side of the circuit board and engages the phosphor layer or the light- transmissive cover coated with the phosphor layer to define an enclosed cavity accommodating the circuit board provided with the LED lighting chip.
  • the flexible engagement of the plastic phosphor layer with the heat sink realizes a simply- structured locking configuration.
  • the heat sink and the phosphor layer or the light-transmissive cover coated with the phosphor layer define a tubular profile, thereby obtaining a solution with a simpler structure, a better appearance, and higher universality.
  • a heat conducting glue is provided between the heat sink and the circuit board, which may fix the heat sink and the circuit board in a simple way and achieve better heat conduction performance.
  • the lighting device according to the present invention may achieve uniform angular CCT distribution, which improves significantly the performance of the lighting device.
  • Fig. 1 is a view of typical LED light intensity distribution
  • Fig. 2 is another curve chart of a change of CCT value when using a lighting device having a phosphor layer with a uniform thickness
  • Fig. 3 is a stereoscopic view of a lighting device according to the present invention
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein the structure of a phosphor layer is shown clearly; and Fig. 5 is a view of CCT distribution of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein it is clearly shown that the lighting device according to the present invention achieves uniform CCT distribution.
  • Fig. 1 is a view of typical LED light intensity distribution (lambertian type) . From the figure, it can be seen that the LED light intensities are different in respective directions. Generally, the light intensity at the perpendicular angular position is the highest and is the lowest at the horizontal angular position. The thick black line indicates a uniform phosphor layer. It can be seen that the ratios of the LED light intensity to the amount of phosphor are different in different directions, resulting in that the CCT is nonuniform .
  • Fig. 2 is another curve chart of a change of CCT value when using a lighting device having a phosphor layer, wherein it can be seen that the difference between the CCT value of the perpendicular angular position and that of the horizontal angular positions at two sides is up to 500K, resulting in obvious non-uniform CCT distribution.
  • Fig. 3 is a stereoscopic view of a lighting device 10 according to the present invention. The lighting device 10 is merely used for illustrating the overall layout of the lighting device.
  • the phosphor layer 5 having different thicknesses at different light emergence angles, as mentioned in the present invention, is shown clearly in said figure ( as can also be seen from Fig. 4) .
  • the lighting device 10 comprises a circuit board 4, a LED lighting chip 1 provided on one side of the circuit board 4 and a heat sink 2 provided on the other side of the circuit board 4, wherein the heat sink 2 and the phosphor layer 5 engage with each other to define a tubular profile and an enclosed cavity accommodating the circuit board 4 provided with the LED lighting chip 1.
  • a heat conducting glue 3 is provided between the heat sink 2 and the circuit board 4 for realizing the functions of adhesion and heat dissipation, wherein the LED lighting chip 1 is preferably a blue LED chip, by which yellow light is generated via exciting the phosphor layer 5 and is mixed to emit white light. Since the thickness of the phosphor layer 5 is designed as non-uniform and varies with the light intensity, better CCT distribution can be achieved.
  • the lighting device according to the present invention may be designed as a tubular shape, which has high universality. Certainly, other different shapes may be designed depending on the application fields.
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a lighting device 10 according to the present invention, wherein the structure of the phosphor layer 5 is shown clearly.
  • the thickness of the phosphor layer 5 is designed as non-uniform, viz. said thickness is not constant but varies continuously with the angular position. According to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, it can be determined that the CCT at the perpendicular angular position is far higher than that at the position close to the horizontal angular position when using the phosphor layer with a constant thickness.
  • the phosphor layer of the present invention decreases continuously in a direction from the perpendicular angular position to the horizontal angular position.
  • the thickness at the perpendicular angular position is designed as a maximum value, such that a lower CCT value can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of blue light to yellow light.
  • the phosphor layer 5 can be designed to be formed on a transparent cover 6 enclosing at least one LED lighting chip.
  • the inner surface of the transparent cover 6 facing the LED lighting chip 1 is coated with a phosphor layer comprising phosphor and silicon epoxy or the phosphor layer 5 may be made of plastic doped with phosphor.
  • the transparent cover 6 coated with the phosphor layer 5 or the phosphor layer 5 made of plastic doped with phosphor may be designed as suitable shapes such as an arc shape or an arch shape and has a locking part which forms an enclosed space with the heat sink 2, forming a package structure for the LED lighting chip 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a view of CCT distribution of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein it is clearly shown that the lighting device according to the present invention achieves uniform CCT distribution.
  • the difference between the CCT value of the perpendicular angular position and that of the horizontal angular positions at two sides is merely 80K, and such a CCT difference may not be visualized.
  • the descriptions above are only preferable embodiments of the present invention and are not used to restrict the present invention.
  • the present invention may have various changes and variations. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall all be included in the scope of protection of the present invention. n

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a lighting device (10), comprising a circuit board (4) and a LED lighting chip (1) provided on one side of the circuit board (4), characterized by, further comprising a phosphor layer (5) arranged to enclose the LED lighting chip (1), wherein the phosphor layer (5) has different thicknesses at different light emergence angles. The lighting device according to the present invention can achieve significantly improved CCT uniformity.

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Description Lighting device Technical Field
The present invention relates to a lighting device. Background Art
Currently, light emitting diode (LED) lighting devices has been widely used in daily life. Such lighting devices may emit white light or white-like light. However, since white light is mixed light, ideal white light is obtained mainly by a light mixing process in the LED lighting devices in the prior art. The emitted white light directly passes through the cover of the lighting device to be incident on an object. There exists a technical concept of using a blue LED for realizing the emission of white light, in which white light is obtained by mixing light through setting the blue LED and a phosphor layer, viz. the blue light emitted by the blue LED passes through the phosphor layer to be converted into yellow light and this yellow light and the rest of blue light are mixed to become white light.
Since the light distribution from the LED is usually not uniform in all directions in the prior art, the blue/yellow ratio is not a fixed value in different directions when the blue light interacts with the phosphor layer to form white light, leading to non-uniform angular CCT distribution.
Summary of the Invention „
The object of the present invention lies in providing a lighting device, which may realize uniform angular CCT distribution .
The lighting device according to the present invention com- prises a circuit board and a LED lighting chip provided on one side of the circuit board, characterized by, further comprising an phosphor layer arranged to enclose the LED lighting chip, wherein the phosphor layer has different thicknesses at different light emergence angles.
The present invention provides a solution of compensating CCT by adjusting the thickness of the phosphor layer so as to realize relatively uniform CCT. The inventor has found that, in the case where the thickness of the phosphor layer is unchanged, CCT values at respective angels decrease in a direction from the position where light is emitted perpendicularly to the positions at two sides where the light is emitted horizontally, and the above difference is very large. The inventor firstly provide the solution that the ratio of the light generated by a LED to the light generated by exciting the phosphor layer is adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the phosphor layer at different light emergence angles so as to realize uniform CCT.
Preferably, the thickness of the phosphor layer increases with the increase of the intensity of light incident on the phosphor layer. Accordingly, the thickness of the phosphor layer is larger at the position where the light intensity is higher, while the thickness of the phosphor layer is smaller at the position where the light intensity is lower, such that the ratio of the light generated by the LED to the light gen- erated by exciting the phosphor layer is adjusted to realize uniform CCT. Preferably, the phosphor layer is arc-shaped. Other suitable shape also may be considered.
Preferably, the LED lighting chip is a blue LED chip, such that the ratio of blue light to yellow light is adjusted to realize uniform CCT . Other LED lighting chips generating white light by mixing fluorescent light may certainly be used .
Preferably, the phosphor layer has a thickness matching with the light distribution of the blue LED chip and has a thick- ness distribution gradually decreasing from the position where the light emergence angle is 90° in a direction towards 0°or 180° .
Preferably, the maximum thickness of the phosphor layer at the position where the light emergence angle is 90° is 1.5 mm and the minimum thickness thereof at the position where the light emergence angle is 0° or 180° is 0.7 mm. The above values can achieve excellent CCT distribution.
Preferably, the phosphor layer is distributed in a range of light emergence angle from 0 to 180°, thereby forming a semi- circular phosphor layer.
Preferably, the phosphor layer is arranged a certain distance away from the LED lighting chip. This means that a certain distance exists between the phosphor layer and the LED chip, thereby ensuring that the heat generated by the LED in the operating state slightly affects the temperature of the phosphor in the phosphor layer. Preferably, in the case where a plurality of the LED lighting chips are arranged, the distance is greater than or equal to a distance between every two LED lighting chips. Thus, the negative effect of the heat to the phosphor can be substantially eliminated.
According to one preferred solution of the present invention, the phosphor layer is made of plastic doped with phosphor. Such design may advantageously reduce the weight of the lighting device itself and reduce the interface passed by the emitted light. The phosphor suitable for the LED light source may be, e.g., YAG phosphor, nitride phosphor, and silicate phosphor.
According to one alternative preferred solution of the pre- sent invention, there is also included a light-transmissive cover, the inner surface of which facing the LED lighting chip is coated with the phosphor layer, thereby allowing for a relatively simple manufacturing process.
Preferably, the phosphor layer comprises phosphor and silicon epoxy .
Preferably, the lighting device further comprises a heat sink, which is provided on the other side of the circuit board and engages the phosphor layer or the light- transmissive cover coated with the phosphor layer to define an enclosed cavity accommodating the circuit board provided with the LED lighting chip. The flexible engagement of the plastic phosphor layer with the heat sink realizes a simply- structured locking configuration.
Preferably, the heat sink and the phosphor layer or the light-transmissive cover coated with the phosphor layer define a tubular profile, thereby obtaining a solution with a simpler structure, a better appearance, and higher universality. Preferably, a heat conducting glue is provided between the heat sink and the circuit board, which may fix the heat sink and the circuit board in a simple way and achieve better heat conduction performance. The lighting device according to the present invention may achieve uniform angular CCT distribution, which improves significantly the performance of the lighting device.
It shall be understood that the above general description and the following detailed description are both for illustrative and explainative purposes so as to provide further description of the claimed present invention.
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Multiple preferred embodiments according to the present invention are hereinafter illustrated with reference to the figures, wherein
Fig. 1 is a view of typical LED light intensity distribution;
Fig. 2 is another curve chart of a change of CCT value when using a lighting device having a phosphor layer with a uniform thickness; Fig. 3 is a stereoscopic view of a lighting device according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein the structure of a phosphor layer is shown clearly; and Fig. 5 is a view of CCT distribution of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein it is clearly shown that the lighting device according to the present invention achieves uniform CCT distribution.
Detailed Description of the Embodiments
Fig. 1 is a view of typical LED light intensity distribution (lambertian type) . From the figure, it can be seen that the LED light intensities are different in respective directions. Generally, the light intensity at the perpendicular angular position is the highest and is the lowest at the horizontal angular position. The thick black line indicates a uniform phosphor layer. It can be seen that the ratios of the LED light intensity to the amount of phosphor are different in different directions, resulting in that the CCT is nonuniform .
Fig. 2 is another curve chart of a change of CCT value when using a lighting device having a phosphor layer, wherein it can be seen that the difference between the CCT value of the perpendicular angular position and that of the horizontal angular positions at two sides is up to 500K, resulting in obvious non-uniform CCT distribution. Fig. 3 is a stereoscopic view of a lighting device 10 according to the present invention. The lighting device 10 is merely used for illustrating the overall layout of the lighting device. The phosphor layer 5 having different thicknesses at different light emergence angles, as mentioned in the present invention, is shown clearly in said figure ( as can also be seen from Fig. 4) . The lighting device 10 according to the present invention comprises a circuit board 4, a LED lighting chip 1 provided on one side of the circuit board 4 and a heat sink 2 provided on the other side of the circuit board 4, wherein the heat sink 2 and the phosphor layer 5 engage with each other to define a tubular profile and an enclosed cavity accommodating the circuit board 4 provided with the LED lighting chip 1. A heat conducting glue 3 is provided between the heat sink 2 and the circuit board 4 for realizing the functions of adhesion and heat dissipation, wherein the LED lighting chip 1 is preferably a blue LED chip, by which yellow light is generated via exciting the phosphor layer 5 and is mixed to emit white light. Since the thickness of the phosphor layer 5 is designed as non-uniform and varies with the light intensity, better CCT distribution can be achieved.
The lighting device according to the present invention may be designed as a tubular shape, which has high universality. Certainly, other different shapes may be designed depending on the application fields.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a lighting device 10 according to the present invention, wherein the structure of the phosphor layer 5 is shown clearly. The thickness of the phosphor layer 5 is designed as non-uniform, viz. said thickness is not constant but varies continuously with the angular position. According to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, it can be determined that the CCT at the perpendicular angular position is far higher than that at the position close to the horizontal angular position when using the phosphor layer with a constant thickness. In order to reduce the difference between the CCT value of the perpendicular angular position and that of the horizontal angular position, the phosphor layer of the present invention decreases continuously in a direction from the perpendicular angular position to the horizontal angular position. The thickness at the perpendicular angular position is designed as a maximum value, such that a lower CCT value can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of blue light to yellow light.
The phosphor layer 5 can be designed to be formed on a transparent cover 6 enclosing at least one LED lighting chip. The inner surface of the transparent cover 6 facing the LED lighting chip 1 is coated with a phosphor layer comprising phosphor and silicon epoxy or the phosphor layer 5 may be made of plastic doped with phosphor. The transparent cover 6 coated with the phosphor layer 5 or the phosphor layer 5 made of plastic doped with phosphor may be designed as suitable shapes such as an arc shape or an arch shape and has a locking part which forms an enclosed space with the heat sink 2, forming a package structure for the LED lighting chip 1.
Fig. 5 is a view of CCT distribution of a lighting device according to the present invention, wherein it is clearly shown that the lighting device according to the present invention achieves uniform CCT distribution. The difference between the CCT value of the perpendicular angular position and that of the horizontal angular positions at two sides is merely 80K, and such a CCT difference may not be visualized. The descriptions above are only preferable embodiments of the present invention and are not used to restrict the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various changes and variations. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall all be included in the scope of protection of the present invention. n
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Patent claims
1. A lighting device (10), comprising a circuit board (4) and at least one LED lighting chip (1) provided on one side of the circuit board (4), characterized by, further comprising an phosphor layer (5) arranged to enclose the LED lighting chip (1) , wherein the phosphor layer (5) has different thicknesses at different light emergence angles.
2. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 1, characterized in that, the thickness of the phosphor layer (5) increases with the increase of the intensity of light incident on the phosphor layer (5) .
3. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 2, characterized in that, the LED lighting chip (1) is a blue LED chip .
4. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 3, charac- terized in that, the phosphor layer (5) has a thickness matching with the light distribution of the blue LED chip and has a thickness gradually decreasing from the position where the light emergence angle is 90° in a direction towards 0° or 180° .
5. The lighting device (10) according to any one of Claims 1 to 4 , characterized in that, the maximum thickness of the phosphor layer (5) at the position where the light emergence angle is 90° is 1.5 mm and the minimum thickness thereof at the position where the light emergence angle is 0° or 180° is 0.7mm .
6. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 1, characterized in that, the phosphor layer (5) is distributed in a range of light emergence angle from 0 to 180°.
7. The lighting device (10) according to any one of Claims 1 to 4 , characterized in that, the phosphor layer (5) is ar- ranged a certain distance away from the LED lighting chip (1) .
8. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 7, characterized in that, the number of the LED lighting chip is more than one, and the distance is greater than or equal to a distance between every two LED lighting chips.
9. The lighting device (10) according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, the phosphor layer (5) is arc- shaped.
10. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 1, characterized in that, the phosphor layer (5) is made of plastic doped with phosphor.
11. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 1, characterized by, further comprising a light-transmissive cover (6), the inner surface of which facing the LED lighting chip (1) is coated with the phosphor layer (5) .
12. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 11, characterized in that, the phosphor layer comprises phosphor and silicon epoxy.
13. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 10 or 11 characterized by, further comprising a heat sink (2), which is provided on the other side of the circuit board (4) and engages the phosphor layer (5) or the light-transmissive cover (6) coated with the phosphor layer (5) to define an en- closed cavity accommodating the circuit board (4) provided with the LED lighting chip (1) .
14. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 13, characterized in that, the heat sink (2) and the phosphor layer (5) or the light-transmissive cover (6) coated with the phosphor layer (5) define a tubular profile.
15. The lighting device (10) according to Claim 13, characterized in that, a heat conducting glue is provided between the heat sink (2) and the circuit board (4) .
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