IP Library Granted Patent US 7,821,196
Granted Patent B2
US 7,821,196 · App. 11/725,815 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Illumination device with at least one LED as the light source

Assignees: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,821,196
App. No.
11/725,815
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination device with at least one LED as the light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the range from 370 to 430 nm of the optical spectral region (peak wavelength), this radiation being partially or completely converted into radiation of a longer wavelength by three phosphors which are exposed to the primary radiation from the LED and which emit in the blue, green and red spectral regions, so that white light is formed. The conversion is achieved at least with the aid of a phosphor which emits blue light with a wavelength maximum at 440 to 485 nm, and with the aid of a phosphor which emits green light with a wavelength maximum at 505 to 550 nm, and with the aid of a phosphor which emits red light with a wavelength maximum at 560 to 670 nm.

Claims (13)

1. An illumination device with at least one LED as light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the near UV or at blue short wavelength, this radiation being completely converted into radiation of a longer wave-length by at least one phosphor which is exposed to the primary radiation from the LED, wherein said at least one phosphor includes (Sr,Ba)SiO 4 : Eu 2+ which emits at a maximum wavelength of 517 nm.

2. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a second phosphor which is exposed to the primary radiation from the LED.

3. The illumination device of claim 2 wherein the second phosphor is the blue phosphor m 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (X) : Eu 2+ where M= at least one of the metals Ba, Ca alone or in combination with Sr, where X=F or a combination of F and Cl.

4. The illumination device of claim 2 wherein the second phosphor is the blue phosphor M**MgAl 10 O 17 : Eu 2+ where M**= at least one of the metals Eu, Sr alone or in combination with Ba.

5. An illumination device with at least one LED as the light source wherein the LED is a luminescence conversion LED which emits in the visible or white region, wherein the LED emits primarily in the near UV or blue at short wavelengths, characterized in that a phosphor SrBaSiO 4 : Eu 2+ emitting in a green region is used for secondary emission and a blue phosphor is additionally used in order to generate white light and optionally a red light component is used.

6. The illumination device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the LED emits primary radiation in the range from 370 to 430 nm of the optical spectral region (peak wavelength).

7. An illumination device with at least one LED as light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the near UV or at blue short wavelength, this radiation being completely converted into radiation of a longer wave-length by exposure to at least a first and a second phosphor which is exposed to the primary radiation from the LED, wherein

said first phosphor emitting in green region includes (Sr, Ba) SiO 4 : Eu 2+ and

the second phosphor is a blue phosphor: M 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (X) : Eu 2+ where M= at least one of the metals Ba, Ca alone or in combination with Sr, where X=F or a combination of F and Cl;

or a blue phosphor; M**MgAl 10 O 17 : Eu 2+ where M**=Sr alone or in combination with Ba.

8. The illumination device of claim 7 wherein the second phosphor is the blue phosphor M 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (X) : Eu 2+ where M= at least one of the metals Ba, Ca alone or in combination with Sr, where X=F or a combination of F and Cl.

9. The illumination device of claim 7 wherein the second phosphor is the blue phosphor M**MgA 1 10 O 17 : Eu 2+ where M**= at least one of the metals Eu, Sr alone or in combination with Ba.

10. An illumination device with at least one LED as light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the near UV or at blue short wavelength, this radiation being completely converted into radiation of a longer wave-length by at least one phosphor which is exposed to the primary radiation from the LED, wherein said at least one phosphor emitting in green region includes SrBaSiO 4 : Eu 2+ .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2012
From: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
To: OSRAM AG
Reel/Frame 028032/0293 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 30, 2010
From: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
To: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
Reel/Frame 024801/0094 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2010
From: BOKOR, DIETER; ELLENS, ANDRIES; HUBER, GUNTER; JERMANN, FRANK; KOBUSCH, MANFRED; OSTERTAG, MICHAEL; ROSSNER, WOLFGANG; ZWASCHKA, FRANZ
To: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH; OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 024771/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 100 36 940 · Jul 28, 2000 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 1125977600 · Oct 27, 2005
Continuation 1031172200
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