[미국특허]
Solid state continuous white light source
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F21S-004/00
F21V-021/00
A61B-001/06
F21V-009/16
F21V-009/08
F21V-029/00
F21V-008/00
F21V-007/00
F21V-029/02
G02B-021/16
G02B-027/14
G02B-006/42
출원번호
US-0741474
(2013-01-15)
등록번호
US-9642515
(2017-05-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Jaffe, Steven M.
Jaffe, Claudia B.
Tylinski, George S.
출원인 / 주소
LUMENCOR, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Tucker Ellis LLP
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초록▼
A solid state illumination system is provided as a replacement for conventional arc light, metal halide and Xenon white-light sources for applications in microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and endoscopy. The solid state illumination system generates high quality white light output from LED light s
A solid state illumination system is provided as a replacement for conventional arc light, metal halide and Xenon white-light sources for applications in microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and endoscopy. The solid state illumination system generates high quality white light output from LED light sources. The white light output is continuous in the visible spectrum from 380 nm to 650 nm and is suitable for imaging all the most common fluorophores and fluorescent proteins. In embodiments, an LED light pipe engine is used to generate a portion of the spectral content of the white light output.
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1. An illumination system, comprising: a first light source comprising a first LED which emits violet light and a first collimator which receives the violet light and emits a collimated beam of violet light;a second light source comprising a second LED which emits blue light and a second collimator
1. An illumination system, comprising: a first light source comprising a first LED which emits violet light and a first collimator which receives the violet light and emits a collimated beam of violet light;a second light source comprising a second LED which emits blue light and a second collimator which receives the blue light and emits a collimated beam of blue light;a third light source comprising a third LED which emits cyan light and a third collimator which receives the cyan light and emits a collimated beam of cyan light;a fourth light source comprising a fourth LED which emits red/orange light and a fourth collimator which receives the red/orange light and emits a collimated beam of red/orange light;a fifth light source comprising a plurality of LEDs which emit blue light, a luminescent rod positioned to receive the blue light, wherein the blue light is absorbed by the luminescent rod which then emits green light, and a fifth collimator which receives the green light and emits a collimated beam of green light;a controller configured to operate all of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth light sources simultaneously such that the collimated beams of violet light, blue light, cyan light, red/orange light, and green light are emitted simultaneously; anda plurality of dichroic mirrors which combine the collimated beams of violet light, blue light, cyan light, red/orange light, and green light to create a beam of white light which is directed at an input aperture of a light guide;wherein the white light is substantially continuous in the visible spectrum from 380 nm to 650 nm and has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a usable spectral power of a 120 W metal halide lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 2. The illumination system of claim 1, wherein said white light has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a spectral power of a 150 W Xenon lamp over substantially all of a power of the visible spectrum from 380 nm to 650 nm. 3. The illumination system of claim 1, wherein said white light has a spectral power greater than 1 mW/nm at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 4. The illumination system of claim 3, wherein said white light has a spectral power greater than 3 mW/nm at substantially every visible wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm. 5. The illumination system of claim 1, further comprising a filter system including a light filter positioned in the path of the white light to modulate the spectral content of the white light. 6. The illumination system of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth light sources are ganged such that all of the first second, third, fourth and fifth light sources are turned on and off together. 7. The illumination system of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth light sources are ganged such that the first second, third, fourth and fifth light sources cannot be independently controlled. 8. The illumination system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of LEDs of the fifth light source comprise at least one array of forty blue LEDs. 9. The illumination system of claim 1, further comprising a filter system and a liquid light guide for providing the white light to a microscope system. 10. The illumination system of claim 1 further comprising: a downstream filter system through which said white light is passed; andsaid downstream filter system capable of using one of a plurality of filters to modulate the white light. 11. The illumination system of claim 1 further comprising a liquid light guide through said white light is passed; and a downstream filter system through which the light exiting from the liquid light guide is passed. 12. An illumination system, comprising: a first light source comprising a first LED which emits violet light and a first collimator which receives the violet light and emits a collimated beam of violet light;a second light source comprising a second LED which emits blue light and a second collimator which receives the blue light and emits a collimated beam of blue light;a third light source comprising a third LED which emits cyan light and a third collimator which receives the cyan light and emits a collimated beam of cyan light;a fourth light source comprising a fourth LED which emits red/orange light and a fourth collimator which receives the red/orange light and emits a collimated beam of red/orange light;a fifth light source comprising a plurality of LEDs which emit blue light, a luminescent rod positioned to receive the blue light, wherein the blue light is absorbed by the luminescent rod which then emits green light, and a fifth collimator which receives the green light and emits a collimated beam of green light;a controller configured to operate the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources simultaneously such that the collimated beams of violet, blue, cyan, red/orange and green light are emitted simultaneously; andan optical system comprising a plurality of dichroic mirrors which combines the collimated beams of violet, blue, cyan, red/orange and green light to create white light and directs said white light into a light guide;wherein the white light is substantially continuous in the visible spectrum from 380 nm to 650 nm and has a spectral power greater than 1 mW/nm at substantially all of each visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm and has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a usable spectral power of a 120 W metal halide lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm. 13. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein said white light has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a spectral power of 120 W metal halide lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 14. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein said white light has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a spectral power of a 150 W Xenon lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 15. The illumination system of claim 12, further comprising a filter system including a light filter positioned in the path of the white light to modulate the spectral content of the white light. 16. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources are ganged such that all of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources are turned on and off together. 17. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources are ganged such that the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cannot be independently controlled. 18. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of LEDs of the fifth light source comprise at least one array of forty blue LEDs. 19. The illumination system of claim 12, further comprising a filter system and a liquid light guide for providing the white light to a microscope system. 20. The illumination system of claim 12, wherein the luminescent rod emits green and yellow light between 500 nm and 600 nm. 21. The illumination system of claim 12 further comprising a filter system which is associated with said liquid light guide so that the light exiting from the liquid light guide is passed through said filter system. 22. An illumination system, comprising: a first light source comprising a first LED which emits violet light and a first collimator which receives the violet light and emits a collimated beam of violet light;a second light source comprising a second LED which emits blue light and a second collimator which receives the blue light and emits a collimated beam of blue light;a third light source comprising a third LED which emits cyan light and a third collimator which receives the cyan light and emits a collimated beam of cyan light;a fourth light source comprising a fourth LED which emits red/orange light and a fourth collimator which receives the red/orange light and emits a collimated beam of red/orange light;a fifth light source comprising a plurality of LEDs which emit blue light, a luminescent rod positioned to receive the blue light, wherein the blue light is absorbed by the luminescent rod which then emits green light, and a fifth collimator which receives the green light and emits a collimated beam of green light;a controller configured to operate all of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth light sources simultaneously such that the collimated beams of violet light, blue light, cyan light, red/orange light, and green light are emitted simultaneously; anda plurality of dichroic mirrors which combine the collimated beams of violet light, blue light, cyan light, red/orange light, and green light to create a beam of white light which is directed at an input aperture of a light guide;wherein the white light has a spectral power greater than 1 mW/nm at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm and has a spectral power greater than 3 mW/nm at every visible wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm and has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a usable spectral power of 120 W metal halide lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm. 23. The illumination system of claim 22, wherein said white light has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a spectral power of 120 W metal halide lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 24. The illumination system of claim 22, wherein said white light has a spectral power which substantially equals or exceeds a spectral power of a 150 W Xenon lamp at substantially every visible wavelength between 380 nm and 650 nm. 25. The illumination system of claim 22, further comprising a filter system including a light filter positioned in the path of the white light to modulate spectral content of the white light. 26. The illumination system of claim 22, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources are ganged such that all of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth light sources are turned on and off together. 27. The illumination system of claim 22, wherein the plurality of LEDs of the fifth light source comprise at least one array of forty blue LEDs. 28. The illumination system of claim 22, further comprising a filter system and a liquid light guide for providing white light to a microscope system.
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