Sealed wavelength conversion device and cooling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10401014-B2
Application number	US-201414785309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2014
Priority date	Apr 25, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed are a wavelength conversion device and a light emitting device. The wavelength conversion device includes a wavelength conversion layer used for absorbing excitation light and generating converted light; a box having a first area used for transmitting the excitation light to the wavelength conversion layer and a second area used for transmitting the converted light, and further including an air outlet and an air inlet; a conduit, disposed outside the box and used for connecting the air inlet and the air outlet, so as to seal with the box the wavelength conversion layer in the box; a heat exchanger, used for decreasing a gas temperature in the conduit; and a gas circulation device, disposed in sealed space encircled by the box and the conduit, and used for driving exchange between gas in the box and gas in the conduit. The wavelength conversion device achieves both dust prevention and heat dissipation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wavelength conversion device, comprising:
a wavelength conversion layer for absorbing an excitation light and generating a converted light;
a box, which includes a first area for transmitting the excitation light to the wavelength conversion layer and a second area for transmitting the converted light, and further includes an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the air outlet and the air inlet are located on two opposite sides of a plane of the wavelength conversion layer, and wherein the wavelength conversion layer is located between the air outlet and the air inlet;
a conduit, disposed outside of the box, for connecting the air inlet and the air outlet, which cooperates with the box to seal the wavelength conversion layer inside the box, wherein the box and the conduit are configured to conduct an air flow from the air inlet through the box to the air outlet and from the air outlet through the conduit to the air inlet;
a heat exchanger, for lowering a temperature of air inside the conduit; and
an air circulation device, disposed in a sealed space formed by the box and the conduit, for driving an air exchange between the box and the conduit, wherein the air exchange includes the air flow from the air inlet through the box to the air outlet and from the air outlet through the conduit to the air inlet.

2. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , further comprising a filter mesh, disposed in the conduit and located at the air outlet or air inlet.

3. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger and the conduit is one integral unit, the unit including a metal pipe.

4. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the air circulation device is located on a side of the wavelength conversion layer facing away from the output converted light.

5. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the air circulation device includes a radial-flow fan, located inside the conduit or the box.

6. The wavelength conversion device of claim 5 , wherein the radial-flow fan includes a centrifugal fan, located inside the box, wherein an opening of a ring axle of the centrifugal fan corresponds in spatial position with the air inlet.

7. The wavelength conversion device of claim 5 , wherein the radial-flow fan includes centrifugal fins, located inside the box, wherein an opening of a ring axle of the centrifugal fins corresponds in spatial position with the air inlet.

8. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , further comprising a drive device, for driving the wavelength conversion layer, so that a light spot formed by the excitation light on the wavelength conversion layer acts on the wavelength conversion layer along a predetermined path.

9. The wavelength conversion device of claim 8 , wherein the air circulation device includes a plurality of blades, which are affixed to the drive device, wherein the plurality of blades and the wavelength conversion layer are driven by the drive device to move synchronously.

10. The wavelength conversion device of claim 9 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the substrate, and
wherein the blades are located on a side of the substrate facing away from the wavelength conversion layer.

11. The wavelength conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the air inlet is located relatively close to a light spot formed on the wavelength conversion layer by the excitation light, wherein being relatively close to means that, of a set of distances between all points of the box and the light spot formed on the wavelength conversion layer, a distance between the air outlet and the light spot is among a shortest 50% of all such distances.

12. A light emitting device, comprising:
the wavelength conversion device of claim 1 ; and
an excitation light source for generating the excitation light.

Assignees

• Appotronics Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Fei
• Tian Zifeng
• Yang Yi
• Fu Wei

Classifications

• G03B21/204

  using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence (using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197) · CPC title

• G03B21/16

  Cooling; Preventing overheating · CPC title

• G02F2201/36

  Airflow channels, e.g. constructional arrangements facilitating the flow of air · CPC title

• G02F1/1336 Primary

  Illuminating devices · CPC title

• G02B26/008

  in the form of devices for effecting sequential colour changes, e.g. colour wheels · CPC title