IP Library Granted Patent US 8,829,781
Granted Patent B2
US 8,829,781 · App. 13/729,191 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Light-emitting device

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Patent No.
US 8,829,781
App. No.
13/729,191
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a light-emitting device ( 1 ) including a light-emitting element ( 2 ) emitting primary light, and a light converter ( 3 ) absorbing a part of the primary light emitted from the light-emitting element ( 2 ) and emitting secondary light having a longer wavelength than the primary light. The light converter ( 3 ) contains a green light-emitting phosphor ( 4 ) and a red light-emitting phosphor ( 5 ). The green light-emitting phosphor ( 4 ) is composed of at least one phosphor selected from a divalent europium-activated oxynitride phosphor substantially represented by the following formula: Eu a Si b Al c O d N e and a divalent europium-activated silicate phosphor substantially represented by the following formula: 2(Ba 1-f-g MI f Eu g )O.SiO 2 , while the red light-emitting phosphor ( 5 ) is composed of at least one phosphor selected from tetravalent manganese-activated fluoro-tetravalent metalate phosphors substantially represented by the following formulae: MII 2 (MIII 1-h Mn h )F 6 and/or MIV(MIII 1-h Mn h )F 6 . Consequently, the light-emitting device ( 1 ) has excellent color gamut (NTSC ratio).

Claims (6)

1. A light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element that is a gallium nitride-based semiconductor emitting primary light having a peak wavelength of 430 to 480 nm, and a light converter including a first phosphor absorbing a part of the primary light emitted from the light-emitting element and emitting secondary light having a longer wavelength than the primary light, and a second phosphor emitting secondary light having a longer wavelength than the secondary light emitted from the first phosphor, wherein

said the second phosphor is a tetravalent manganese-activated fluoro-tetravalent metalate phosphor substantially represented by a general formula (C): MII 2 (MIII 1-h Mn h )F 6 (in said general formula (C), MII represents at least one alkaline metal element selected from Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs, MIII represents at least one tetravalent metal element selected from Ge, Si, Sn, Ti and Zr, and 0.001≦h≦0.1), and wherein

a mixing ratio of the second phosphor is higher than that of the first phosphor.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light converter contains at least one additive selected from the group of SiO 2 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , Al 2 O 3 and Y 2 O 3 .

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein MIII is at least one selected from the group of Si and Ti.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein 0.005≦h≦0.05.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 24, 2025
From: GE PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: DOLBY PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 070312/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: DOLBY PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: EDISON INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070281/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: GE PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 038334/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2014
From: MASUDA, MASATSUGU; TERASHIMA, KENJI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032923/0723 →