IP Library Granted Patent US 7,169,326
Granted Patent B2
US 7,169,326 · App. 10/761,384 · Granted Jan 30, 2007

Fluorescent material of terbium aluminum garnet and producing methods therefor

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Patent No.
US 7,169,326
App. No.
10/761,384
Granted
Jan 30, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluorescent material of terbium aluminum garnet has a formula (Tb 3-x-y Ce x Re y ) (Al 5-z O 12 Me z ), wherein 0<x≦0.8, 0<y≦2.0, 0<z≦1.0, wherein Re is at least one of gadolinium (Gd), rubidium (Rb), thulium (Tm), praseodymium (Pr), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), vanadium (V), and chromium (Cr), and wherein Me is silicone that is added or substituted. A blue light-emitting diode may be used as an exciting light source for exciting the fluorescent material to generate an excited light. The excited light and the exciting light are mixed to generate a pure white light. The fluorescent material may be produced by a solid reaction method, a combustion method, or a synchronous precipitation method.

Claims (2)

1. A fluorescent material of terbium aluminum garnet having a formula (Tb 3-x-y Ce x Re y )Al 5-z Si z O 12 , wherein 0<x≦0.8, 0<y≦2.0, 0<z≦1.0 and wherein Re is at least one of gadolinium (Gd), rubidium (Rb), thulium (Tm), praseodymium (Pr), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), vanadium (V), and chromium (Cr).

2. The fluorescent material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent material is excited by a light source having a wavelength between 430 nm and 490 nm.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2008
From: SOUTH EPITAXY CORPORATION; EPITECH CORPORATION LTD.
To: EPITECH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020654/0755 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2008
From: EPITECH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; UNITED EPITAXY CO., LTD.; HIGHLINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020654/0763 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2006
From: NANTEX INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: SOUTH EPITAXY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017520/0855 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2004
From: WU, JUI-KUNG; CHEN, TAI-YU; HUANG, CHAO-LUNG; CHENG, CHAO-YUAN
To: NANTEX INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014912/0943 →