IP Library Granted Patent US 9,969,933
Granted Patent B2
US 9,969,933 · App. 15/420,499 · Granted May 15, 2018

Phosphor, light-emitting device, image display device, and illumination device

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Patent No.
US 9,969,933
App. No.
15/420,499
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a phosphor represented by the Formula [1]: M a Sr b Ca c Al d Si e N f , wherein the phosphor includes phosphor particles in which single crystallites are three-dimensionally coupled to each other, the phosphor particles include a crystal grain boundary triple point, and [a total number of the crystal grain boundary triple points (A)]/[the number of the phosphor particles (B)] is 1.0 or less.

Claims (22)

1. A phosphor represented by the following Formula [1],

wherein the phosphor comprises phosphor particles in which single crystallites are three-dimensionally coupled to each other, the phosphor particles include a crystal grain boundary triple point, and

[a total number of the crystal grain boundary triple points (A)]/[the number of the phosphor particles (B)] is 1.0 or less,

M a Sr b Ca c Al d Si e N f   [1]

(In Formula [1],

M represents an activation element, and

a, b, c, d, e, and f represent values in the following ranges:

0<a≤0.15

0.5≤b<1

0<c<0.5

a+b+c=1

0.7≤d≤1.3

0.7≤e≤1.3

2.5≤f≤3.5).

2. The phosphor according to claim 1 , further comprising oxygen.

3. The phosphor according to claim 1 , having a roundness of 0.6 or greater.

4. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a first light-emitting body; and

a second light-emitting body that emits visible light through irradiation with light from the first light-emitting body,

wherein the second light-emitting body contains one or more kinds of the phosphors according to claim 1 as a first phosphor.

5. An image display device, comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 4 as a light source.

6. An illumination device, comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 4 as a light source.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE (NIMS); MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061522/0932 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2017
From: MATSUMOTO, HAJIME
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041133/0724 →