IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,412
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,412 · App. 13/609,845 · Granted May 13, 2014

White lighting device

Inventors: Katsutoshi Nakagawa (Yokohama, JP); Yumi Ito (Yokohama, JP); Masahiko Yamakawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,723,412
App. No.
13/609,845
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the embodiment, a white lighting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element emitting near-ultraviolet light, and a phosphor layer containing at least a blue-green phosphor emitting blue-green light and a red phosphor emitting red light and emits white light having a correlated color temperature of 5000 K or less and a deviation duv from a blackbody locus of not less than −0.01 nor more than 0.01, in which a ratio of a content of the red phosphor to a content of the blue-green phosphor in the phosphor layer by mass is not less than 35 nor more than 50.

Claims (30)

1. A white lighting device, comprising:

a semiconductor light-emitting element emitting near-ultraviolet light; and

a phosphor layer containing a blue-green phosphor having an emission peak in a wavelength region of not less than 480 nm nor more than 520 nm, a red phosphor having an emission peak in a wavelength region of not less than 585 nm nor more than 630 nm, and two or more phosphors each having an emission peak in a wavelength region other than the wavelength regions and emits white light having a correlated color temperature of 5000 K or less and a deviation duv from a blackbody locus of not less than −0.01 nor more than 0.01,

wherein a ratio of a content of the red phosphor to a content of the blue-green phosphor in the phosphor layer by mass is not less than 35 nor more than 50.

2. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blue-green phosphor is made of a europium-activated barium strontium orthosilicate phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula:

(Ba 1-x-y Sr x Eu y ) 2 SiO 4   (1)

where, x is a number satisfying 0≦x<0.5 and y is a number satisfying 0.005≦y<0.25.

3. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the red phosphor is made of a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula:

(La 1-x-y Eu x M y ) 2 O 2 S  (2)

where, M represents at least one element selected from Sm, Ga, Sb, and Sn, and x and y are numbers satisfying 0.008≦x<0.16 and 0.000001≦y<0.003.

4. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average color rendering index Ra of the white light is equal to or more than 85 and a special color rendering index R9 of the white light is equal to or more than 85.

5. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average color rendering index Ra of the white light is equal to or more than 90 and a special color rendering index R9 of the white light is equal to or more than 90.

6. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor light-emitting element has an emission peak in a wavelength region of not less than 360 nm nor more than 440 nm.

7. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode or a laser diode.

8. The white lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the two or more phosphors are a blue phosphor having an emission peak in a wavelength region of not less than 440 nm nor more than 460 nm and a yellow phosphor having an emission peak in a wavelength region of not less than 525 nm nor more than 575 nm.

9. The white lighting device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the blue phosphor is made of a europium-activated alkaline earth chlorophosphate phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula:

(Sr 1-x-y-z Ba x Ca y Eu z ) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 Cl  (3)

where, x, y, and z are numbers satisfying 0≦x<0.45, 0≦y<0.03, and 0.005≦z<0.03.

10. The white lighting device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the yellow phosphor is made of a europium and manganese-activated alkaline earth magnesium silicate phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula:

(Sr 1-x-y-z-u Ba x Mg y Eu z Mn u ) 2 SiO 4   (4)

where, x, y, z and u are numbers satisfying 0.1≦x<0.35, 0.025≦y<0.105, 0.025≦z<0.25, and 0.0005≦u<0.02.

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 Nov 21, 2012
From: NAKAGAWA, KATSUTOSHI; ITO, YUMI; YAMAKAWA, MASAHIKO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029334/0683 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2010-055888 · Mar 12, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2011001338 · Mar 7, 2011
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