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Granted Patent B2
US 7,518,150 · App. 11/367,019 · Granted Apr 14, 2009

White light source and illumination apparatus using the same

Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,518,150
App. No.
11/367,019
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device including a blue-system semiconductor light emitting element, a green-system semiconductor light emitting element, a yellow fluorescent member which absorbs a part of blue light from the blue-system semiconductor light emitting element and emits yellow-system light as excitation light, and a red fluorescent member which absorbs a part of green light from the green-system semiconductor light emitting element and emits red-system light as excitation light.

Claims (39)

1. A white light source comprising:

a blue-yellow light-emitting section including a blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element and a sealing resin sealing the blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element, the sealing resin containing a yellow fluorescent member and being configured to emit yellow-system light by absorbing a part of blue light emitted from the blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element;

a red-green light-emitting section including a green-system semiconductor light-emitting element and a sealing resin sealing the green-system semiconductor light-emitting element, the sealing resin containing a red fluorescent member and being configured to emit red-system light by absorbing a part of green light emitted from the green-system semiconductor light-emitting element; and

a circuit board on which the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are adjacently disposed as independent sections.

2. The white light source according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light emitting section are disposed. side-by-side with opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section in contact with each other.

3. The white light source according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are disposed with a predetermined interval between opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section.

4. The white light source according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are disposed with a light-shielding partition interposed between opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section.

5. The white light source according to claim 1 ,

wherein the red fluorescent member includes CaAlSiN 3 fluorescent particles in which Eu 2+ is solid-solved.

6. An illumination apparatus comprising:

the white light source recited in claim 1 ; and

a circuit board on which the white light source is mounted.

7. An illumination apparatus comprising:

a plurality of white light sources, each of which is according to claim 1 ; and

a circuit board on which the plurality of the white light sources are mounted.

8. The white light source according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element is covered only by the sealing resin containing the yellow fluorescent member, and the green-system semiconductor light-emitting element is covered only be the sealing resin containing the red fluorescent member.

9. A white light source comprising:

a blue-yellow light-emitting section including a blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element and a sealing resin sealing the blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element, the sealing resin containing a yellow fluorescent member and being configured to emit yellow-system light by absorbing a part of blue light emitted from the blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element;

a red-green light-emitting section including a green-system semiconductor light-emitting element and a sealing resin sealing the green-system semiconductor light-emitting element, the sealing resin containing a red fluorescent member and being configured to emit red-system light by absorbing a part of green light emitted from the green-system semiconductor light-emitting element;

a circuit board on which the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are adjacently disposed as independent sections,

wherein the only sealing resin that covers said blue-system semiconductor light-emitting element is said sealing resin that contains a yellow fluorescent member and the only sealing resin that covers said green-system semiconductor light-emitting element is said sealing resin that contains a red fluorescent member.

10. The white light-source according to claim 9 ;

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light emitting section are disposed side-by-side with opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section in contact with each other.

11. The white light source according to claim 9 ,

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are disposed with a predetermined interval between opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section.

12. The white light source according to claim 9 ,

wherein the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section are disposed with a light-shielding partition interposed between opposing side surfaces of the blue-yellow light-emitting section and the red-green light-emitting section.

13. The white light source according to claim 9 ,

wherein the red fluorescent member includes CaAlSiN 3 fluorescent particles in which Eu 2+ is solid-solved.

14. An illumination apparatus comprising:

the white light source recited in claim 9 ; and

a circuit board on which the white light source is mounted.

15. An illumination apparatus comprising:

a plurality of white light sources, each of which is according to claim 9 ; and

a circuit board on which the plurality of the white light sources are mounted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2008
From: AIHARA, KENSHI
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 020318/0215 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-061706 · Mar 7, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060197098A1 · Sep 7, 2006