EP1610593A3 - Generation of white light with Light Emitting Diodes having different spectrum - Google Patents

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EP1610593A3
EP1610593A3 EP05076817A EP05076817A EP1610593A3 EP 1610593 A3 EP1610593 A3 EP 1610593A3 EP 05076817 A EP05076817 A EP 05076817A EP 05076817 A EP05076817 A EP 05076817A EP 1610593 A3 EP1610593 A3 EP 1610593A3
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Al Ducharme
Frederick Morgan
Ihor A. Lys
Kevin Dowling
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
    • H05B45/22—Controlling the colour of the light using optical feedback

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A light source for generating essentially white light, comprising at least one first white LED having a first spectrum and at least one second white LED having a second spectrum, the first spectrum being different than the second spectrum.
EP05076817.5A 1999-11-18 2000-11-20 Generation of white light with Light Emitting Diodes having different spectrum Expired - Lifetime EP1610593B2 (en)

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US235678P 2000-09-27
EP00980578.9A EP1234140B2 (en) 1999-11-18 2000-11-20 Systems and methods for generating and modulating illumination conditions
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