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Granted Patent B2
US 11,430,771 · App. 17/234,035 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

White light source system

Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa (Yokohama, JP); Noriaki Yagi (Yokohama, JP); Kumpei Kobayashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
H01L25/0753F21S2/00H01L33/00H01L33/50H01L33/504H01L33/507H01L33/54H01L33/56H05B45/20H05B47/10H05B47/16F21W2131/405F21Y2113/13F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 11,430,771
App. No.
17/234,035
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(λ), B(λ) and V(λ) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ∫ 380 780 ⁢ P ⁡ ( λ ) ⁢ V ⁡ ( λ ) ⁢ d ⁢ ⁢ λ = ∫ 380 780 ⁢ B ⁡ ( λ ) ⁢ V ⁡ ( λ ) ⁢ d ⁢ ⁢ λ ( 1 ) where P(λ) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(λ) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(λ) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.

Claims (68)

1. An indoor light comprising,

a substrate;

LED chips arranged on the substrate at intervals with each other;

a phosphor layer directly or indirectly covering a periphery of the LED chips and containing a silicone resin and phosphors each having a peak wavelength of a light emission spectrum; and

a cover fixed to the substrate,

wherein mutual absorption occurs in the phosphors, and

wherein P(λ), B(λ) and V(λ) satisfy equation (1) below in a wavelength range in which λ is 380 nm to 780 nm, and the indoor light satisfies expression (5) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm:

∫

380

780

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P

⁡

(

λ

)

⁢

V

⁡

(

λ

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d

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λ

=

∫

380

780

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B

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(

λ

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V

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(

λ

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⁢

d

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⁢

λ

(

1

)

wherein P (λ)/ B (λ)≤1.5   (5)

wherein P(λ) is a light emission spectrum of the white light emitted from the indoor light, B(λ) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(λ) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency, and

wherein a chromaticity variation of the indoor light after continuous lighting of 6000 hours is expressed as a variation of chromaticity on a CIE chromaticity diagram, and 0.01 or less.

2. The indoor light of claim 1 , wherein the indoor light is configured to be capable of reproducing white light of a color temperature of 2000 K to 6500 K on a locus of the blackbody radiation, and white light of any one of correlated color temperatures with a deviation from the color temperature of the white light being in a range of ±0.005 duv.

3. The indoor light of claim 2 , wherein an interval between each peak wavelength and a neighboring peak wavelength is 150 nm or less.

4. The indoor light of claim 2 , wherein the phosphors each exhibits a light emission spectrum having a half-value width of 50 nm or more.

5. The indoor light of claim 2 , wherein light emission spectra of the respective phosphors have different peak wavelengths, and include at least one wavelength region where a part of each light emission spectrum overlaps another light emission spectrum.

6. The indoor light of claim 2 , wherein the phosphors are a mixture of at least three kinds of phosphors selected from the group consisting of a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, a yellow phosphor and a red phosphor.

7. The indoor light of claim 6 , wherein the mixture of phosphors comprises a blue-green phosphor.

8. The indoor light of claim 6 , wherein the blue phosphor is at least one kind selected from between a europium activated strontium aluminate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 480 to 500 nm, and a europium activated alkaline earth phosphate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 440 to 460 nm.

9. The indoor light of claim 6 , wherein the green phosphor is at least one kind selected from among a europium activated orthosilicate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 520 to 550 nm, a europium activated β-sialon phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 535 to 545 nm, and a europium activated strontium sialon phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 520 to 540 nm.

10. The indoor light of claim 6 , wherein the yellow phosphor is at least one kind selected from between a europium activated orthosilicate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 550 to 580 nm, and a cerium activated rare earth aluminum garnet phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 550 to 580 nm.

11. The indoor light of claim 6 , wherein the red phosphor is at least one kind selected from among a europium activated strontium sialon phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 600 to 630 nm, a europium activated calcium nitridoaluminosilicate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 620 to 660 nm, and a manganese activated magnesium fluorogermanate phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of 640 to 660 nm.

12. The indoor light of claim 1 , wherein an average color rendering index Ra of the white light emitted from the indoor light is 95 or more, and all of color rendering indexes R 1 to R 8 and special color rendering indexes R 9 to R 15 are 85 or more.

13. The indoor light of claim 12 , wherein the average color rendering index Ra of the white light emitted from the indoor light is 97 or more, and all of the color rendering indexes R 1 to R 8 and the special color rendering indexes R 9 to R 15 are 90 or more.

14. The indoor light of claim 1 , wherein the phosphors are a mixture of at least three kinds of phosphors selected from the group consisting of a blue phosphor, a blue-green phosphor, a green phosphor, a yellow phosphor and a red phosphor, and wherein the green phosphor and/or the yellow phosphor is a europium activated orthosilicate phosphor.

15. The indoor light of claim 1 , which is used for a home, an office, a hospital or an art museum.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058590/0200 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2021
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057090/0337 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2015-126776 · Jun 24, 2015 · national
JP JP2016-082968 · Apr 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (6)
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Continuation 16444243 · Jun 18, 2019
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Continuation 15850399 · Dec 21, 2017
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