IP Library Granted Patent US 9,082,939
Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,939 · App. 14/353,574 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

White light source and white light source system including the same

Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa (Yokohama, JP); Yasuhiro Shirakawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
H01L33/50C09K11/7734C09K11/7738H01L33/504F21K9/135Y02B20/181
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Patent No.
US 9,082,939
App. No.
14/353,574
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a white light source comprising: a light emitting diode (LED) having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 350 or more and 420 nm or less; and a phosphor layer including four or more types of phosphors and resin, wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of: −0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax 1 )×V(λmax 1 ))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax 2 )×V(λmax 2 ))]≦+0.2, assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax 1 ; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax 2 , and wherein an amount (difference) of chromaticity change on CIE chromaticity diagram from a time of initial lighting up of the white light source to a time after the white light source is continuously lighted up for 6000 hours is less than 0.010. According to the above white light source, there can be provided a white light source capable of reproducing the same light emission spectrum as that of natural light.

Claims (15)

1. A white light source comprising: a light emitting diode having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 350 nm or more and 420 nm or less; and a phosphor layer including four or more types of phosphors and resin, wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of: −0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax 1 )×V(λmax 1 ))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax 2 )×V(λmax 2 ))]≦+0.2, assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ)×V((λ) becomes largest is λmax 1 ; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax 2 , and wherein an amount of chromaticity change on CIE chromaticity diagram from a time of initial lighting up of the white light source to a time after the white light source is continuously lighted up for 6000 hours is less than 0.010.

2. A white light source comprising: a light emitting diode having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 350 nm or more and 420 nm or less; and a phosphor layer including phosphor and resin, wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of:

−0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax 1 )×V(λmax 1 ))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax 2 )×V(λmax 2 ))]≦+0.2,

assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ) ×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax 1 ; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax 2 , and

wherein a mass ratio of the phosphor included in the phosphor layer is 60 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less.

3. The white light source according to claim 1 , satisfying −0.1≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax 1 )×V(λmax 1 ))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax 2 )×V(λmax 2 ))]≦+0.1.

4. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the color temperature of the white light source is 2,500 K to 7,000 K.

5. The white light source according to claim 2 , wherein the phosphor layer comprises four or more types of phosphors having different peak wavelengths.

6. The white light source according to claim 5 , wherein the four or more types of phosphor each having different peak wavelengths are used in a combination so as to cause a mutual absorption in which one phosphor is excited by absorbing a light emitted from another phosphor.

7. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness of 0.1 mm or more and 3 mm or less.

8. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor contained in the phosphor layer has an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

9. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein a space is formed to a portion between the phosphor layer and the light emitting diode.

10. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer is provided on the light emitting diode.

11. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer is provided on the light emitting diode through a transparent resin layer.

12. A white light source system comprising a plurality of the white light sources according to claim 1 .

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 Apr 25, 2014
From: YAMAKAWA, MASAHIKO; SHIRAKAWA, YASUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032761/0133 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-233419 · Oct 24, 2011 · national
JP 2011-233421 · Oct 24, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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