IP Library Granted Patent US 10,190,733
Granted Patent B2
US 10,190,733 · App. 15/270,184 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Light source device and illumination apparatus

Inventors: Koji Takahashi (Sakai, JP); Yoshiyuki Takahira (Sakai, JP); Yosuke Maemura (Sakai, JP); Tomohiro Sakaue (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,190,733
App. No.
15/270,184
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a light emitting section, a phosphor layer including a first phosphor particle which receives excitation light and emits fluorescence with a first peak wavelength and a phosphor layer including a second phosphor particle which receives the excitation light and emits fluorescence with a second peak wavelength are stacked. In the light emitting section, when an upper surface is a surface from which illumination light is mostly emitted, the illumination light including the fluorescence emitted from the first phosphor particle and the fluorescence emitted from the second phosphor particle, a reflective member to reduce leakage of fluorescence is provided on a side surface of the light emitting section.

Claims (18)

1. A light source device comprising:

a substrate;

an excitation light source emitting excitation light;

a light emitting section formed by stacking a first layer and a second layer, the first layer including a first phosphor particle which receives the excitation light and emits fluorescence with a first peak wavelength, and the second layer including a second phosphor particle which receives the excitation light and emits fluorescence with a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength; and

an uneven structure that scatters fluorescence and is located at an interface between the first layer and the second layer, wherein

the light emitting section is provided on the substrate,

light including the fluorescence emitted by the first phosphor particle and the fluorescence emitted by the second phosphor particle is emitted as illumination light,

the second layer is closer to the substrate than the first layer is,

the fluorescence emitted by the second layer has a longer peak wavelength than the fluorescence emitted by the first layer, and

the excitation light passes through the substrate so as to be incident on the light emitting section.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fluorescence emitted by the second layer has a peak wavelength in a yellow wavelength band, and

the fluorescence emitted by the first layer has a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising a convex lens for concentrating the excitation light incident on the light emitting section.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the excitation light is laser light having a wavelength of 405 nm.

5. An illumination apparatus comprising:

the light source device according to claim 1 ; and

an optical transmission system for transmitting illumination light in a predetermined direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP FUKUYAMA LASER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059039/0927 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-043162 · Mar 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14540673 · Nov 13, 2014
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