IP Library Granted Patent US 8,487,330
Granted Patent B2
US 8,487,330 · App. 12/746,665 · Granted Jul 16, 2013

Phosphor and LED light-emitting device using the same

Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii (Yokohama, JP); Yoshitaka Funayama (Yokohama, JP); Yumi Ito (Yokohama, JP); Yasumasa Ooya (Chigasaki, JP); Ryo Sakai (Yokohama, JP); Katsutoshi Nakagawa (Yokohama, JP); Hajime Takeuchi (Yokohama, JP); Yasuhiro Shirakawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,487,330
App. No.
12/746,665
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED light emitting device is provided that has high color rendering properties and is excellent color uniformity and, at the same time, can realize even luminescence unattainable by conventional techniques. A phosphor having a composition represented by formula: (Sr 2-X-Y-Z-ω Ba X Mg Y Mn Z Eu ω )SiO 4 wherein x, y, z, and ω are respectively coefficients satisfying 0.1<x<1, 0<y<0.5, 0<z<0.1, y>z, and 0.01<ω<0.2 is provided. The phosphor is used in combination with ultraviolet and blue light emitting diodes having a luminescence peak wavelength of 360 to 470 nm to form an LED light emitting device.

Claims (48)

1. A europium-manganese-activated alkaline earth magnesium silicate phosphor comprising:

a composition represented by the following chemical formula:

(Sr 2-X-Y-Z-ω Ba X Mg Y Mn Z Eu ω )SiO 4

wherein:

x, y, z, and ω are respectively coefficients satisfying:

0.7<x<1,

0<y<0.5,

0<z<0.1,

y>z, and

0.01<ω<0.2; and

when the phosphor is excited by a light having a peak in an ultraviolet-to-blue region, the phosphor emits light having:

a peak in a blue region at a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm,

a peak in a green-to-yellow region at a wavelength of 500 to 600 nm, and

a peak in a red region at a wavelength of 600 to 700 nm.

2. An LED light emitting device comprising;

a light emitting diode constructed to emit light having a peak in an ultraviolet-to-blue region at a wavelength of 360 to 470 nm; and

an europium-manganese-activated alkaline earth magnesium silicate phosphor disposed on said light emitting diode, said phosphor including a composition represented by the following chemical formula:

(Sr 2-X-Y-Z-ω Ba X Mg Y Mn Z Eu ω )SiO 4

wherein:

x, y, z, and ω are respectively coefficients satisfying:

0.7<x<1,

0<y<0.5,

0<z<0.1,

y>z, and

0.01<ω<0.2; and

when the phosphor is excited by a light having a peak in an ultraviolet-to-blue region, the phosphor emits light having:

a peak in a blue region at a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm,

a peak in a green-to-yellow region at a wavelength of 500 to 600 nm, and

a peak in a red region at a wavelength of 600 to 700 nm; and

said phosphor emits white light consisting of blue, green, and red light when excited by said light emitted from said light emitting diode.

3. An LED light emitting device comprising:

a light emitting diode constructed to emit light having a peak in an ultraviolet region at a wavelength of 370 to 430 nm; and

an europium-manganese-activated alkaline earth magnesium silicate phosphor disposed on said light emitting diode, said phosphor including a composition represented by the following chemical formula:

(Sr 2-X-Y-Z-ω Ba X Mg Y Mn Z Eu ω )SiO 4

wherein:

x, y, z, and ω are respectively coefficients satisfying:

0.7<x<1,

0<y<0.5,

0<z<0.1,

y>z, and

0.01<ω<0.2; and

when the phosphor is excited by a light having a peak in an ultraviolet-to-blue region, the phosphor emits light having:

a peak in a blue region at a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm,

a peak in a green-to-yellow region at a wavelength of 500 to 600 nm, and

a peak in a red region at a wavelength of 600 to 700 nm; and

said phosphor emits white light consisting of blue, green, and red light when excited by said light emitted from said light emitting diode.

4. The LED light emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising one or more of phosphors that emit at least one of blue or red light when excited by said light emitted from said light emitting diode.

5. The LED light emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising one or more of phosphors that emit at least one of blue or red light when excited by said light emitted from said light emitting diode.

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 7, 2010
From: ISHII, TSUTOMU; FUNAYAMA, YOSHITAKA; ITO, YUMI; OOYA, YASUMASA; SAKAI, RYO; NAKAGAWA, KATSUTOSHI; TAKEUCHI, HAJIME; SHIRAKAWA, YASUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024947/0273 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2007-317601 · Dec 7, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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