IP Library Granted Patent US 9,045,691
Granted Patent B2
US 9,045,691 · App. 13/762,320 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Ceramics composite

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Patent No.
US 9,045,691
App. No.
13/762,320
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a ceramics composite including: a matrix phase including Al 2 O 3 or a substance in which one selected from Sc 2 O 3 and Ga 2 O 3 is incorporated into Al 2 O 3 ; a main phosphor phase formed in the matrix phase and including a substance represented by a general formula A 3 B 5 O 12 :Ce in which A is at least one selected from Y, Gd, Tb, Yb and Lu and B is at least one selected from Al, Ga and Sc; and a CeAl 11 O 18 phase mixed in the matrix phase and the main phosphor phase.

Claims (20)

1. A ceramics composite comprising:

a fired body comprising:

a matrix phase comprising Al 2 O 3 or a substance in which one selected from Sc 2 O 3 and Ga 2 O 3 is incorporated into Al 2 O 3 ;

a main phosphor phase formed in the matrix phase and comprising a substance represented by a general formula A 3 B 5 O 12 :Ce in which A is at least one selected from Y, Gd, Tb, Yb and Lu, and B is at least one selected from Al, Ga and Sc; and

a CeAl 11 O 18 phase mixed in the matrix phase and the main phosphor phase,

wherein the main phosphor phase is included in an amount of 20% by volume to 25% by volume in a total volume of the ceramics composite, and

wherein the CeAl 11 O 18 phase is included in an amount of 0.5% by volume to 5.0% by volume in a total volume of the ceramics composite.

2. A ceramics composite comprising:

a matrix phase comprising Al 2 O 3 or a substance in which one selected from Sc 2 O 3 and Ga 2 O 3 is incorporated into Al 2 O 3 ;

a main phosphor phase formed in the matrix phase and comprising a substance represented by a general formula A 3 B 5 O 12 :Ce in which A is at least one selected from Y, Gd, Tb, Yb and Lu, and B is at least one selected from Al, Ga and Sc; and

a CeAl 11 O 18 phase which is mixed only in the main phosphor phase and is present in higher density with a prescribed thickness at an outer peripheral part than at an inner part of the main phosphor phase and which is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0% by volume in a total volume of the ceramics composite.

3. The ceramics composite according to claim 2 , wherein the prescribed thickness of the CeAl 11 O 18 phase is 0.1 to 1.9 μm.

4. The ceramics composite according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramics composite includes a linear transmittance at 600 nm of 0.5% or more and less than 5.0%.

5. A ceramics composite comprising:

a fired body comprising:

a matrix phase comprising Al 2 O 3 ;

a main phosphor phase formed in the matrix phase and comprising a substance represented by a general formula A 3 B 5 O 12 :Ce, where A comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Tb, Yb and Lu, and B comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and Sc, the main phosphor phase being included in an amount of 20% by volume to 25% by volume in a total volume of the ceramics composite; and

a CeAl 11 O 18 phase formed in the matrix phase and the main phosphor phase, the CeAl 11 O 18 phase being included in an amount of 0.5% by volume to 5.0% by volume in a total volume of the ceramics composite.

6. The ceramics composite according to claim 5 , wherein the matrix phase further comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Sc 2 O 3 and Ga 2 O 3 , which is incorporated into the Al 2 O 3 .

7. The ceramics composite according to claim 5 , wherein the ceramics composite includes a linear transmittance at 600 nm of 0.5% or more and less than 5.0%.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 2, 2024
From: COORSTEK KK
To: COORSTEK GK
Reel/Frame 067565/0354 →
CHANGE OF NAME & ADDRESS Recorded Apr 11, 2016
From: COVALENT MATERIALS CORPORATION
To: COORSTEK KK
Reel/Frame 038399/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2013
From: IRIE, MASAKI
To: COVALENT MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029927/0141 →