IP Library Granted Patent US 7,851,988
Granted Patent B2
US 7,851,988 · App. 10/572,891 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

Green-emitting LED

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Patent No.
US 7,851,988
App. No.
10/572,891
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Phosphor from the class of the oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M which is doped with divalent europium and having the empirical formula M (1-c) Si 2 O 2 N 2 :D c , where M=Sr or M=Sr (1-x-y) Ba Y Ca x with x+y< 0.5 is used, the oxynitridosilicate completely or predominantly comprising the high-temperature-stable modification HT.

Claims (19)

1. A green-emitting LED which is designed as a luminescence conversion LED, comprising:

a primary radiation source, which is a chip emitting a primary radiation in the UV or blue radiation region; and

a layer of a phosphor which is arranged in front of the primary radiation source and completely or partially converts the primary radiation of the chip into a green emission of dominant wavelength λ dom =550 to 570 nm;

wherein the phosphor belongs to a class of oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M and an empirical formula M (1-c) Si 2 O 2 N 2 :D c , where D denotes a doping with divalent europium and where M comprises Sr as a constituent and M=Sr alone or M=Sr (1-x-y) Ba y Ca x with 0≦x+y<0.5 is used, the oxynitridosilicates completely or predominantly comprising a high-temperature-stable modification HT, and the phosphor comprises less than 100 ppm tungsten impurity and less than 100 ppm cobalt impurity.

2. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Eu fraction makes up between 0.1 and 20 mol % of M.

3. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein Sr represents a majority of M and a proportion of M is replaced by Ba and/or Ca.

4. The LED as claimed in claim 3 , wherein 30 mol % of M is replaced by Ba and/or Ca.

5. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a proportion of M is replaced by Li and/or La and/or Zn.

6. The LED as claimed in claim 5 , wherein up to 30 mol % of M is replaced by Li and/or La and/or Zn.

7. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein part of an SiN group in the oxynitridosilicates of formula MSi 2 O 2 N 2 is replaced by an AlO group.

8. The LED as claimed in claim 7 , wherein up to 30 mol % of the SiN group is replaced by the AlO group.

9. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a proportion of Eu is replaced by Mn.

10. The LED as claimed in claim 9 , wherein up to 30 mol % of Eu is replaced by Mn.

11. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary radiation has a peak wavelength in the range from 380 to 430 nm.

12. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the green emission has a dominant wavelength in the range from 556 to 564 nm.

13. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary radiation is completely converted.

14. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chip is an InGaN chip with a peak emission wavelength in the range from 430 to 465 nm.

15. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LED is dimmable.

16. The LED as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a primary radiation has a peak wavelength of at least 380 nm.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051467/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: OSRAM GMBH
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 051381/0694 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 5, 2010
From: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
To: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
Reel/Frame 025093/0163 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE LAST NAME OF THE FOURTH INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 017724 FRAME 0262. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 19, 2006
From: BRAUNE, BERT; FIELDER, TIM; JERMANN, FRANK; ZACHAU, MARTIN; BRUNNER, HERBERT
To: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH; OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 018272/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2006
From: BRAUNE, BERT; FIEDLER, TIM; JERMANN, FRANK; ZACHUA, MARTIN; BRUNNER, HERBERT
To: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPLEN MBH; OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 017724/0262 →