IP Library Granted Patent US 10,854,792
Granted Patent B2
US 10,854,792 · App. 16/626,981 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Light-emitting device and illumination apparatus

Inventors: Tamio Kusano (Higashi-omi, JP); Daisuke Sakumoto (Omi-hachiman, JP)
Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
H01L33/504F21V3/08F21V3/12F21V9/38H01L25/13F21V29/70F21Y2103/10F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,854,792
App. No.
16/626,981
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a wavelength conversion member including, in a dispersed manner, a first phosphor, a second phosphor, a third phosphor, a fourth phosphor, and a fifth phosphor, and a light emitter. The first phosphor has a peak in a wavelength region of 400 to 500 nm, the second phosphor in 450 to 550 nm, the third phosphor in 500 to 600 nm, the fourth phosphor in 600 to 700 nm, and a fifth phosphor in 680 to 800 nm. The light emitter emits light in an ultraviolet region of 380 to 430 nm. The light-emitting device has an emission spectrum in a region of 380 to 950 nm including peaks in regions of 380 to 430 nm, 430 to 480 nm, 480 to 550 nm, 550 to 650 nm, and 650 to 750 nm, and differences between relative light intensities at the peaks are less than 20%.

Claims (16)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a wavelength conversion member including, in a dispersed manner, a first phosphor having a first peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 400 to 500 nm, a second phosphor having a second peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 450 to 550 nm, a third phosphor having a third peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm, a fourth phosphor having a fourth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 600 to 700 nm, and a fifth phosphor having a fifth peak wavelength and a sixth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 680 to 800 nm; and

a light emitter having a seventh peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 380 to 430 nm,

wherein the light-emitting device has an emission spectrum in a wavelength region of 380 to 950 nm including an eighth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 380 to 430 nm, a ninth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 430 to 480 nm, a tenth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 480 to 550 nm, an eleventh peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 550 to 650 nm, a twelfth peak wavelength and a thirteenth peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 650 to 750 nm, and differences between relative light intensities at the peak wavelengths are less than 20%.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

a light intensity in the wavelength region of 380 to 430 nm constitutes 2 to 10% of a light intensity across the emission spectrum.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

a light intensity in a wavelength region of 620 to 850 nm constitutes 35 to 45% of a light intensity across the emission spectrum.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

differences between relative light intensities at the peak wavelengths in a wavelength region of 450 to 620 nm are 20% or less.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

a difference between a highest light intensity and a lowest light intensity is 50% or less in terms of relative light intensity in a wavelength region between the eighth peak wavelength and the ninth peak wavelength.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the relative light intensity at the eighth peak wavelength is lower than a highest light intensity at the peak wavelength in other wavelength regions, and a difference between the relative light intensity at the eighth peak wavelength and the highest light intensity in the other wavelength regions is 30% or less in terms of relative light intensity.

7. An illumination apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of the light-emitting devices according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: KUSANO, TAMIO; SAKUMOTO, DAISUKE
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051378/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-126561 · Jun 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200135986A1 · Apr 30, 2020
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