Method of growing plants using LED light and LED light system employing same

    公开(公告)号:US11610867B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16610389

    申请日:2018-05-02

    摘要: A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) system for facilitating the growth of a plant includes at least one LED array having one or more LEDs for emitting colored light spectra absorbable by a plant, a light detector for detecting light reflected from the plant, and a LED light driver electrically coupled to the at least one LED array and the light detector. The LED light driver receives electrical power from a power source and drives the at least one LED array using the received electrical power; receives from the light detector a signal indicative of the reflected light spectra, and controls the at least one LED array to adjust at least one of the intensities and the spectra of the light emitted from the at least one LED array, based on the received signal.

    OPTICAL LENS FOR UNIFORM LIGHT-DISTRIBUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230366526A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18315007

    申请日:2023-05-10

    IPC分类号: F21V5/04 G02B27/28

    摘要: An optical lens for passing therethrough an incident light beam and forming an output light beam towards a target plane at a distance therefrom and perpendicular to the norm thereof. The optical lens has a smooth or piecewise-linear first surface having a cross-section profile along an axis perpendicular to the norm of the optical lens for directing the incident light beam to form the output light beam towards the target plane with a light intensity uniformly distributed in a target area of the target plane. In some embodiments, the cross-section profile of the first surface has a concave curve in the central portion thereof smoothly transitioning to a convex curve in the peripheral portion on each side of the central portion for directing the incident light beam to the target plane with the light intensity uniformly distributed in the target area of the target plane.

    METACAPACITORS AND POWER-ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR POWER-ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20230268129A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US17768107

    申请日:2020-10-09

    摘要: Power-electronic systems and components thereof such as electrical-energy storage apparatuses/subsystems in the form of supercapacitors and power-electronic apparatuses/subsystems are disclosed. A supercapacitor has a conductive or semi-conductive first metasurface layer, a conductive or semi-conductive second metasurface layer, and a dielectric layer sandwiched between the first and the second metasurface layers for electrically insulating the first metasurface layer from the second metasurface layer. An electrical power conversion apparatus has a first power conversion circuitry for converting a first portion of electrical power received from an electrical power source and outputting the converted electrical power via an output. The electrical power conversion apparatus also has one or more direct power transfer (DPT) channels electrically coupling to the first power conversion circuitry in parallel for bypassing the first power conversion circuitry and directing transferring a second portion of the electrical power received from the electrical power source to the output.