IP Library Granted Patent US 9,551,467
Granted Patent B2
US 9,551,467 · App. 14/353,579 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

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.
F21K9/56C09K11/7734F21K9/60F21V9/16H01L33/504F21Y2113/13F21Y2115/10Y02B20/181
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Patent No.
US 9,551,467
App. No.
14/353,579
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a white light source comprising: a blue light emitting diode (blue LED) having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 421 to 490 nm; 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(λmax1)×V(λmax1))−(Bλ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax2)×V(λmax2))]≦+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 λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2, 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. 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 (13)

1. A white light source comprising: a blue light emitting diode having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 421 to 490 nm; and a phosphor layer including phosphor and resin, wherein the phosphor layer contains three or more types of phosphor selected from among a blue phosphor, a blue-green phosphor, a green phosphor, a yellow phosphor, and a red phosphor, and a mass ratio of the phosphor included in the phosphor layer is 5 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less,

wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of −0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/ (P(λmax1)×V(λmax1))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax2)×V(λmax2))]≦+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 λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2, 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. The white light source according to claim 1 , satisfying −0.1≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax1)×V(λmax1))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax2)×V(λmax2))]≦+0.1.

3. The white light source according claim 1 , wherein the color temperature of the white light source is 2,500 to 5,400 K.

4. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer comprises two or more types of phosphors having different peak wavelengths.

5. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the three 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.

6. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness of 0.01 to 3 mm.

7. The white light source according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor has an average particle diameter of 1 to 80 μm.

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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 032761/0038 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-233420 · Oct 24, 2011 · national
JP 2011-233422 · Oct 24, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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