IP Library Granted Patent US 8,436,527
Granted Patent B2
US 8,436,527 · App. 13/034,137 · Granted May 7, 2013

Light emitting device

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Patent No.
US 8,436,527
App. No.
13/034,137
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a board and a light emitting element mounted on the board, emitting light having a wavelength of 250 nm to 500 nm. A red fluorescent layer is formed on the element and includes a red phosphor (M 1−x1 Eu x1 ) a Si b AlO c N d having a semicircular shape with a radius r, where M is an element that is selected from IA group elements, IIA group elements, IIIA group elements, IIIB group elements except Aluminum, rare-earth elements, and IVB group elements. An intermediate layer is formed on the red fluorescent layer, being made of transparent resin, having a semicircular shape with a radius D; and a green fluorescent layer is formed on the intermediate layer, including a green phosphor, having a semicircular shape. A relationship between the radius r and the radius D is 2.0r(μm)≦D≦(r+1000)(μm).

Claims (29)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a board;

a light emitting element mounted on a principal surface of the board, the light emitting element emitting light having a wavelength of 250 nm to 500 nm;

a red fluorescent layer formed on the light emitting element, the red fluorescent layer including a red phosphor expressed by equation (1), an outer circumference of the red fluorescent layer having a semicircular shape with a radius r in a section perpendicular to the principal surface;

(M 1−x1 Eu x1 ) a Si b AlO c N d   (1)

where M is an element that is selected from IA group elements, IIA group elements, IIIA group elements, IIIB group elements except Al (Aliminum), rare-earth elements, and IVB group elements, and x1, a, b, c, and d satisfy the following relationship:

0<x1≦1,

0.60<a<0.95,

2.0<b<3.9,

0.04≦c≦0.6,

4<d<5.7,

an intermediate layer formed on the red fluorescent layer, the intermediate layer being made of transparent resin, an outer circumference of the intermediate layer having a semicircular shape with a radius D in a section perpendicular to the principal surface; and

a green fluorescent layer formed on the intermediate layer, the green fluorescent layer including a green phosphor, an outer circumference of the green fluorescent layer having a semicircular shape in a section perpendicular to the principal surface,

wherein a relationship between the radius r and the radius D satisfies equation (2):

2.0 r (μm)≦ D ≦( r +1000)(μm)  (2).

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the green phosphor has a compsition expressed by equation (3):

(M′ 1−x2 Eu x2 ) 3−y Si 13−z Al 3+z O 2+u N 21−w   (3)

where M′ is an element that is selected from IA group elements, IIA group elements, IIIA group elements, IIIB group elements except Al(Aliminum), rare-earth elements, and IVB group elements, and x2, y, z, u, and w satisfy the following relationship:

0<x2≦1,

−0.1 ≦y≦ 0.15,

−1 ≦z≦ 1,

−1 <u−w≦ 1.5).

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the green phosphor is an Eu activated alkaline earth orthosilicate phosphor.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is a blue LED.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent resin is a silicone resin.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the element M is a strontium (Sr).

7. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the element M′ is a strontium (Sr).

8. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an outer surface layer made of a transparent resin, the outer surface layer being formed on the green fluorescent layer.

9. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a yellow fluorescent layer including a yellow phosphor, the yellow fluorescent layer being formed between the red fluorescent layer and the intermediate layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: ALPAD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044591/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2011
From: MITSUISHI, IWAO; ISHIDA, KUNIO; FUKUDA, YUMI; OKADA, AOI; MATSUDA, NAOTOSHI; ALBESSARD, KEIKO; NUNOUE, SHINYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 025860/0087 →