Luminaire having beam splitters for mixing light from different color' LEDs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6139166
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09338997

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Apparatus for mixing light from discrete LED light sources utilizes beam splitters which each have a semi-reflective layer which partially transmits and partially reflects light of any wavelength incident thereon. Each semi-reflective layer is situated in a transparent prismatic black between reflective surfaces on parallel outside faces of the block so that two parallel input beams are mixed and transmitted as two parallel mixed beams of like color. For a square array of light sources, a first mixing stage consists of two such prismatic blocks arranged side-by-side, and a second mixing stage consists of two such prismatic blocks arranged side-by-side and rotated 90 degrees to the first stage. The second stage is arranged to receive a square array of mixed beams and produces four identical output beams. The colors of the light sources are chosen so that all output beams are white.

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  • PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION;LUMILEDS LIGHTING B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Keuper, Matthijs H Eindhoven, NL 18 1387
Marshall, Thomas M Hartsdale, NY 15 2191
Pashley, Michael D Cortlandt Manor, NY 19 2424

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