IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,978,726
Granted Patent B2
US 11,978,726 · App. 18/215,841 · Granted May 7, 2024

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 11,978,726
App. No.
18/215,841
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device including a substrate, a first light emitter to emit light having a first color temperature, and a second light emitter to emit light having a second color temperature, in which the first light emitter has a first converter including first phosphors and a first resin, each first phosphor having different half-value widths, the second light emitter has a second converter including second phosphors and a second resin, each second phosphor having different peak wavelengths, at least one phosphor of the first converter has a half-value width of 33 nm to 110 nm, a distance between peak wavelengths of at least two phosphors of the second converter is 150 nm or less, and at least one phosphor of the first converter has a particle size of 5 um to 50 um.

Claims (55)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a first light having a first chromaticity point on an xy chromaticity diagram; and

a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a second light having a second chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram,

wherein the first light emitter has a first converter comprising a first plurality of wavelength converters, each wavelength converter of the first converter having different half-value widths,

wherein the second light emitter has a second converter comprising a second plurality of wavelength converters, each wavelength converter of the second converter having different peak wavelengths,

wherein at least one of the plurality of wavelength converters of the first converter has a half-value width of 33 nm or more and 110 nm or less,

wherein a distance between peak wavelengths of at least two wavelength converters of the second converter is 150 nm or less, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of wavelength converters of the first converter has a particle size in a range of 5 um to 50 um, and

wherein a thickness of the second converter is in a range of 0.07 mm to 1.5 mm.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram has a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a light combined by the first light emitter and the second light emitter is white light of a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

4. The light emitting device of claim 3 , wherein at least one of color rendering indices R1 to R8 of the white light is 90 or more.

5. The light emitting device of claim 3 , wherein at least one of special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of the white light is 90 or more.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first light emitter comprises a first light emitting diode configured to emit first primary light and covered by the first converter, and

wherein the first plurality of wavelength converters has a light emission peak in a range of 420 nm to 700 nm.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a light emission spectrum of the wavelength converters of the first converter includes at least one wavelength region where a portion of each light emission spectrum overlaps another light emission spectrum.

8. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a light source disposed on the substrate;

a cover disposed on the light source and covering the substrate; and

a controller configured to electrically control the light source,

wherein the light source comprises:

a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a first light having a first chromaticity point on an xy chromaticity diagram; and

a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a second light having a second chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram,

wherein the first light emitter has a first converter comprising a first plurality of wavelength converters, each wavelength converter of the first converter having different half-value widths,

wherein the second light emitter has a second converter comprising a second plurality of wavelength converters, each wavelength converter of the second converter having different peak wavelengths,

wherein at least one of the plurality of wavelength converters of the first converter has a half-value width of 33 nm or more and 110 nm or less,

wherein a distance between peak wavelengths of at least two wavelength converters of the second converter is 150 nm or less, and

wherein a thickness of the second converter is in a range of 0.07 mm to 1.5 mm.

9. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the second chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram has a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

10. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein a light combined by the first light emitter and the second light emitter is white light of a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

11. The light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein at least one of color rendering indices R1 to R8 of the white light is 90 or more.

12. The light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein at least one of special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of the white light is 90 or more.

13. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the first light emitter comprises a first light emitting diode configured to emit first primary light and covered by the first converter, and

wherein the first plurality of wavelength converters has a light emission peak in a range of 420 nm to 700 nm.

14. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein a light emission spectrum of the wavelength converters of the first converter includes at least one wavelength region where a portion of each light emission spectrum overlaps another light emission spectrum.

15. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a light source disposed on the substrate;

a cover disposed on the light source and covering the substrate; and

a controller configured to electrically control the light source, wherein the light source comprises:

a first light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a first light having a first chromaticity point on an xy chromaticity diagram; and

a second light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit a second light having a second chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram,

wherein the first light emitter has a first converter comprising a first plurality of wavelength converters, each wavelength converter of the first converter having different half-value widths,

wherein the second light emitter has a second converter comprising a second plurality of wavelength converter, each wavelength converter of the second converter having different peak wavelengths,

wherein at least one of particle of the plurality of wavelength converters of the first converter has a particle size in a range of 5 um to 50 um,

wherein a distance between peak wavelengths of at least two wavelength converters of the second converter is 150 nm or less, and

wherein a thickness of the second converter is in a range of 70 um to 1500 um.

16. The light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein the first chromaticity point on the xy chromaticity diagram has a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

17. The light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein a light combined by the first light emitter and the second light emitter is white light of a color temperature of 2000K to 6500K.

18. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein at least one of color rendering indices R1 to R8 of the white light is 90 or more.

19. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein at least one of special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of the white light is 90 or more.

20. The light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein the first light emitter comprises a first light emitting diode configured to emit first primary light and covered by the first converter, and

wherein the first plurality of wavelength converters has a light emission peak in a range of 420 nm to 700 nm.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 17897230 · Aug 29, 2022
Continuation 17234035 · Apr 19, 2021
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Continuation 16444243 · Jun 18, 2019
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