Patent attributes
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly LED devices with light-altering particle arrangements are disclosed. An LED device may include an LED chip with a light-altering material arranged to redirect light in a desired emission direction. The light-altering material may include light-altering particles with a median particle size that is determined based on a wavelength of light provided by the LED chip. Such light-altering particles may be arranged proximate sidewalls of the LED chip to redirect lateral emissions. LED devices may further include lumiphoric materials and other light-altering particles arranged proximate the lumiphoric materials with a median particle size that is determined based on a wavelength of light provided by the lumiphoric materials. By selectively arranging different light-altering particles in different areas of an LED device based on what wavelengths of light are most concentrated, the amount of overall light redirected may be increased, thereby improving efficiency.
