US Patent 10197227 Quantum dot containing optical element

An illumination device including a light source positioned at the distal end of a reflecting unit and a heat sink light transmissive substrate including quantum dots positioned at the proximal end of the reflecting unit with the reflecting unit having one or more reflecting side walls and a reflecting bottom wall and with the light source being separated a distance from the light transmissive substrate including quantum dots. In certain embodiments, the light source is an LED.