Luminescence conversion element and optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising such a luminescence conversion element and method of producing same
View Patent ↗A luminescence conversion element for wavelength conversion of primary electromagnetic radiation into secondary electromagnetic radiation includes first luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a first electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 515 nm to at most 550 nm of a green region of the electromagnetic spectrum; second luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a second electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 595 nm to at most 612 nm of a yellow-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum; and third luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a third electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 625 nm to at most 660 nm of a red region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
1. A luminescence conversion element for wavelength conversion of primary electromagnetic radiation into secondary electromagnetic radiation, comprising:
first luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a first electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 515 nm to at most 550 nm of a green region of the electromagnetic spectrum;
second luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a second electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 595 nm to at most 612 nm of a yellow-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum; and
third luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a third electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 625 nm to at most 660 nm of a red region of the electromagnetic spectrum,
wherein
the first, second and third luminescent material particles each consist of different materials,
a peak wavelength of the primary radiation lies in a blue region of the electromagnetic spectrum,
the luminescence conversion element, when excited energetically by the primary radiation, emits secondary radiation containing the first, second and third electromagnetic radiation, and
a correlated color temperature of a mixed radiation consisting of portions of the primary radiation and the secondary radiation corresponds to a color temperature of white light.
2. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the correlated color temperature of the mixed radiation corresponds to the color temperature of neutral white or warm white light.
3. The luminescence conversion element according claim 1 , wherein the luminescence conversion element exclusively contains luminescent material particles or exclusively consists of luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary radiation, emit the first, second and third electromagnetic radiation.
4. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the first electromagnetic radiation and the peak wavelength of the second electromagnetic radiation differ from one another by at least 20 nm to at most 100 nm.
5. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second electromagnetic radiation and the peak wavelength of the third electromagnetic radiation differ from one another by at least 2 nm to at most 60 nm.
6. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second electromagnetic radiation and the peak wavelength of the third electromagnetic radiation differ from one another by at least 25 nm to at most 50 nm.
7. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second electromagnetic radiation is 595 nm to 612 nm.
8. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein
the first luminescent material particles are formed with (Y,Lu,Gd,Th,Ce) 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 ,
the second luminescent material particles and the third luminescent material particles are formed with (Sr,Ba,Ca,Mg) 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu and/or (Sr,Ca)AlSiN 3 :E.
9. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the first, second and third luminescent material particles, the luminescence conversion element contains radiation-scattering particles that do not have any converting effect.
10. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein a color rendering index of the mixed radiation, formed with the primary radiation and the secondary radiation has a value of at least 80.
11. A optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:
the luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 ; and
at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip that emits the primary radiation when in operation,
wherein
the luminescence conversion element is arranged downstream of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip such that at least a portion of the primary radiation emitted by the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip enters the luminescence conversion element, and
the optoelectronic semiconductor component emits the mixed radiation.
12. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 11 , wherein the luminescence conversion element covers a radiation exit face of the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip at least in places.
13. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 11 , wherein a luminous efficacy of the optoelectronic semiconductor component is greater than that of an optoelectronic semiconductor component of otherwise identical construction with an identical color rendering index, but with a luminescence conversion element formed with fewer than three different luminescent material particles.
14. A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component that emits white light of a predefinable color temperature, comprising:
providing the luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein
a respective concentration of the first luminescent material particles, the second luminescent material particles and the third luminescent material particles in the luminescence conversion element is selected such that the mixed radiation consisting of the primary radiation emitted by the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip and secondary radiation generated by the luminescence conversion element has a predefinable color temperature.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein a concentration and/or the number of the second and/or third luminescent material particles in the luminescence conversion element is selected in relation to the concentration and/or the number of the first luminescent material particles such that the mixed radiation has the predefinable color temperature.
16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein a concentration and/or the number of the second and/or third luminescent material particles in the luminescence conversion element is reduced in relation to a concentration and/or the number of the first luminescent material particles as the predefinable color temperature of the mixed radiation falls.
17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein a concentration and/or the number of the third luminescent material particles in the luminescence conversion element is selected in relation to a concentration and/or the number of the first and/or second luminescent material particles such that the color rendering index of the mixed radiation has a value of at least 80.
18. The luminescence conversion element according to claim 1 , wherein the peak wavelength of the second electromagnetic radiation is at least 590 nm to at most 607 nm.
19. A luminescence conversion element for wavelength conversion of primary electromagnetic radiation into secondary electromagnetic radiation, comprising:
first luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a first electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which lies in a green region of the electromagnetic spectrum;
second luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a second electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which lies in a yellow-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum; and
third luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a third electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which lies in a red region of the electromagnetic spectrum,
wherein
the peak wavelength of the primary radiation lies in a blue region of the electromagnetic spectrum,
the luminescence conversion element, when excited energetically by the primary radiation, emits secondary radiation containing the first, second and third radiation, and
a correlated color temperature of a mixed radiation consisting of portions of the primary radiation and the secondary radiation, corresponds to a color temperature of white light.