IP Library Granted Patent US 7,857,992
Granted Patent B2
US 7,857,992 · App. 11/908,611 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

White light-emitting lamp, backlight using same, display and illuminating device

Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,857,992
App. No.
11/908,611
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A white light-emitting lamp ( 1 ) includes a semiconductor light-emitting device such as a LED chip ( 2 ) which has an emission wavelength of 360 nm or more and 440 nm or less, and a light-emitting part including a blue light-emitting phosphor, a green light-emitting phosphor and a red light-emitting phosphor, which emits white light when excited by light from the LED chip ( 2 ). At least one phosphor selected from Eu activated halophosphate phosphors and Eu activated aluminate phosphors is used as the blue light-emitting phosphor, Au and Al activated zinc sulfide phosphor is used as the green light-emitting phosphor, and at least one phosphor selected from Eu and Sm activated lanthanum sulfide phosphors and Cu and Mn activated zinc sulfide phosphors is used as the red light-emitting phosphor.

Claims (32)

1. A white light-emitting lamp, comprising:

a semiconductor light-emitting device having an emission wavelength in a range of 360 nm or more and 440 nm or less; and

a light-emitting part, which is excited by light from the semiconductor light-emitting device to emit white light, including a blue light-emitting phosphor which is composed of at least one selected from a europium-activated halophosphate phosphor and a europium-activated aluminate phosphor, a green light-emitting phosphor which is composed of a gold and aluminum-activated zinc sulfide phosphor, and a red light-emitting phosphor which is composed of at least one selected from a europium and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor and a copper and manganese-activated zinc sulfide phosphor, wherein

the gold and aluminum-activated zinc sulfide phosphor has a composition which is represented by the general formula:

ZnS:Au x ,Al y

where, x and y are numbers meeting 0.0002≦x≦0.0015, 0.0001≦y≦0.0012.

2. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the europium and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor has a composition which is represented by the general formula:

(La 1-a-b ,Eu a ,Sm b ) 2 O 2 S

where, a and b are numbers meeting 0.01≦a≦0.15, 0.0001≦b≦0.03.

3. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the copper and manganese-activated zinc sulfide phosphor has a composition which is represented by the general formula:

ZnS:Cu v ,Mn w

where, v and w are numbers meeting 0.0002≦v≦0.001, 0.005≦w≦0.014.

4. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting part includes at least the europium and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor as the red light-emitting phosphor.

5. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting part includes both the europium and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor and the copper and manganese-activated zinc sulfide phosphor as the red light-emitting phosphor.

6. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 5 , wherein a mass ratio of the europium and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor to the copper and manganese-activated zinc sulfide phosphor is in a range of 8:2 to 3:7.

7. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the europium-activated halophosphate phosphor has a composition which is represented by the general formula:

(M1 1-c ,Eu c ) 10 (PO 4 ) 6 .Cl 2

where, M1 denotes at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and c is a number meeting 0.005≦c≦0.03.

8. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the europium-activated aluminate phosphor has a composition which is represented by the general formula:

m (M2 1-d ,Eu d )O. n Al 2 O 3

where, M2 denotes at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn, and d, m and n are numbers meeting 0.05≦d≦0.3, 0<m, 0<n, 0.2≦m/n≦1.5.

9. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting part has a resin layer in which the blue light-emitting phosphor, the green light-emitting phosphor and the red light-emitting phosphor are dispersed.

10. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 9 , wherein the blue light-emitting phosphor, the green light-emitting phosphor and the red light-emitting phosphor have an average particle diameter of 7 μm or more as their mixture.

11. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 9 , wherein the blue light-emitting phosphor, the green light-emitting phosphor and the red light-emitting phosphor are previously integrated into one body by a binder.

12. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 11 , wherein the blue light-emitting phosphor, the green light-emitting phosphor and the red light-emitting phosphor have an average primary particle diameter of 7 μm or more before their integration and an average secondary particle diameter of 10 μm or more after their integration.

13. The white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor light-emitting device has a light emitting diode or a laser diode.

14. A backlight, comprising the white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 .

15. A display, comprising:

a backlight provided with the white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 ; and

a display unit which is disposed on a side of a light emission surface of the backlight.

16. The display according to claim 15 , wherein the display unit has a transmissive or semi-transmissive liquid crystal display unit.

17. An illuminating device, comprising the white light-emitting lamp according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 26, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO.,LTD.
To: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 058251/0316 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057436/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2007
From: ISHII, TSUTOMU; SHIRAKAWA, YASUHIRO; OOYA, YASUMASA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019846/0095 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-070322 · Mar 14, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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