IP Library Granted Patent US 8,350,460
Granted Patent B2
US 8,350,460 · App. 12/312,007 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Fluorescent coating for high output lamps with color temperatures of less than 2700 kelvin

Assignee: OSRAM AG
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Patent No.
US 8,350,460
App. No.
12/312,007
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a fluorescent coating for Hg low-pressure discharge lamps, comprising a fluorescent composition from at least one green fluorescent material emitting in the green spectral range, especially a Tb-and/or Eu-doped green fluorescent material, and a red fluorescent material emitting in the red spectral range, especially a Eu and/or Mn red fluorescent material. The invention is characterized in that a further fluorescent material is present which is adapted to absorb UV Hg and Hg-Vis radiation.

Claims (13)

1. A phosphor coating for Hg low-pressure discharge lamps with a phosphor composition consisting of:

a green phosphor emitting in the green spectral region;

a red phosphor emitting in the red spectral region; and

a further phosphor emitting in the yellow spectral region,

wherein the further phosphor absorbs UV Hg and Hg Vis radiation and has an emission maximum at a wavelength greater than 520 nm;

wherein cerium magnesium aluminate doped with terbium (CeMgAl 11 O 19 :Tb or CAT), lanthanum phosphate doped with cerium and terbium (LaPO 4 :Ce, Tb or LAP) or cerium gadolinium magnesium pentaborate doped with terbium ((Ce, Gd, Tb)MgB 5 O 10 or CBT) is used as the green phosphor; and

wherein yttrium oxide doped with europium (Y 2 O 3 :Eu or YOE or L581) or germanium zinc magnesium pentaborate (GeZnMgB 5 O 10 :Ce, Mn or L165) is used as the red phosphor.

2. The phosphor coating as claimed in claim 1 , the further phosphor being Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce.

3. The phosphor coating as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the further phosphor is capable of being set such that a color locus of x =0.463 and y =0.420 on a chromaticity diagram in the CIE 1931 XYZ color space can be set.

4. The phosphor coating as claimed in claim 1 , the further phosphor being contained in a concentration of up to 20 percent by weight based on the green phosphor content in the phosphor composition.

5. An Hg low-pressure discharge lamp with the phosphor coating as claimed in claim 1 , and a discharge current of greater than or equal to 200 mA.

6. The Hg low-pressure discharge lamp as claimed in claim 5 in the form of a compact fluorescent lamp.

7. The phosphor coating as claimed in claim 4 , the further phosphor being contained in a concentration of up to 10 percent by weight based on the green phosphor content in the phosphor composition.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2012
From: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
To: OSRAM AG
Reel/Frame 029441/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2009
From: CASTIGLIONI, CLAUDIA; GRUBER, WOLFGANG; KONRAD, ARMIN
To: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
Reel/Frame 022591/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 052 221 · Nov 6, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100052507A1 · Mar 4, 2010