Light source unit for plant cultivation and plant cultivation assembly having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12338961-B2
Application number	US-202418598716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2024
Priority date	Aug 7, 2019
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A light source unit for plant cultivation includes: a first light emitter emitting a primary light and a converter disposed on a path of the primary light to produce a first light, and a second light emitter emitting a second light, wherein combined light emitted from the first light emitter and the second light emitter produces a basic spectrum including at least three peak wavelengths, with a difference between relative intensities of at least two of the peak wavelengths being less than 20%.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting module, comprising:
a substrate configured to electrically connect to an external power supply;
a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a first light emitting diode configured to emit a primary light and a converter disposed on a path of the primary light emitted from the first light emitting diode to produce a first light; and
a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a second light emitting diode configured to emit a second light having a peak wavelength that is different from a peak wavelength of the primary light,
wherein combined light emitted from the first light emitter and the second light emitter produces a basic spectrum,
wherein the basic spectrum includes at least a first peak wavelength, a second peak wavelength, and a third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength is between and adjacent to the first peak wavelength and the third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength has a full-width at half maximum that is wider than a full-width at half maximum for the first peak wavelength and a full-width at half maximum for the third peak wavelength,
wherein one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a blue spectrum and another one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a red spectrum, and
wherein a difference between a relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and a relative intensity of the first peak wavelength is different from a difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and a relative intensity of the third peak wavelength.

2. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the converter covers a side of the first light emitting diode.

3. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the second light emitted from the second light emitting diode has a full width at half maximum less than 10 nm.

4. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the first light includes white light having a color temperature of 5000K or more.

5. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second light is in one of a range of 620 nm to 680 nm or a non-visible light range.

6. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and the relative intensity of the first peak wavelength is less than 30%.

7. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and the relative intensity of the third peak wavelength is less than 20%.

8. A light emitting module, comprising:
a substrate configured to electrically connect to an external power supply;
a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a first light emitting diode configured to emit a primary light and a converter disposed on a path of the primary light emitted from the first light emitting diode to produce a first light; and
a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a second light emitting diode configured to emit a second light having a peak wavelength that is different from a peak wavelength of the primary light,
wherein combined light emitted from the first light emitter and the second light emitter produces a basic spectrum,
wherein the basic spectrum includes at least a first peak wavelength, a second peak wavelength, and a third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength is between the first peak wavelength and the third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength has a full-width at half maximum that is wider than a full-width at half maximum for the first peak wavelength and a full-width at half maximum for the third peak wavelength,
wherein one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a blue spectrum and another one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a red spectrum, and
wherein a difference between a relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and a relative intensity of the first peak wavelength is larger than a difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and a relative intensity of the third peak wavelength.

9. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein irradiation of the light emitting module is repeated every 16 hours or every 8 hours.

10. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein the second light emitted from the second light emitting diode has a full width at half maximum less than 10 nm.

11. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein the first light includes a white light having a color temperature of 5000K or more.

12. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second light is in a range of 620 nm to 680 nm.

13. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein the difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and the relative intensity of the first peak wavelength is less than 30%.

14. The light emitting module of claim 8 , wherein the difference between the relative intensity of the second peak wavelength and the relative intensity of the third peak wavelength is less than 20%.

15. A light emitting module, comprising:
a substrate configured to electrically connect to an external power supply;
a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a first light emitting diode configured to emit a primary light and a converter disposed on a path of the primary light emitted from the first light emitting diode to produce a first light; and
a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and including a second light emitting diode configured to emit a second light having a peak wavelength that is different from a peak wavelength of the primary light,
wherein the first light has a first spectrum including a first peak wavelength and a second peak wavelength,
wherein the second light has a second spectrum including a third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength is between the first peak wavelength and the third peak wavelength,
wherein the second peak wavelength has a full-width at half maximum that is wider than a full-width at half maximum for the first peak wavelength and a full-width at half maximum for the third peak wavelength,
wherein one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a blue spectrum and another one of the first peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is in a red spectrum, and
wherein a difference between a relative intensity of the first peak wavelength and a relative intensity of at least one of the second peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is less than 20%.

16. The light emitting module of claim 15 , wherein the second light emitted from the second light emitting diode has a full width at half maximum less than 10 nm.

17. The light emitting module of claim 15 , wherein the first light includes a white light having a color temperature of 5000K or more.

18. The light emitting module of claim 15 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second light is in one of a range of 620 nm to 680 nm or a non-visible light range.

19. The light emitting module of claim 15 , wherein a difference between the relative intensity of the first peak wavelength and the relative intensity of at least one of the second peak wavelength or the third peak wavelength is less than 10%.

20. The light emitting module of claim 15 , wherein the converter covers a side of the first light emitting diode.

Assignees

• Seoul Viosys Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Sang Min
• Kim Jin Won

Classifications

• H10H20/8513 Primary

  having two or more wavelength conversion materials · CPC title

• A01G7/045 Primary

  with electric lighting · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• Y02P60/14

  Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses · CPC title

• F21Y2113/10

  of different colours · CPC title