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Granted Patent B2
US 12,543,417 · App. 17/995,109 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Light emission device and light fixture comprising same

Inventors: Mika Matsumoto (Tokushima, JP); Kazushige Fujio (Tokushima, JP); Atsushi Bando (Anan, JP)
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
H10H20/8513C09K11/617C09K11/7734C09K11/77342C09K11/77348C09K11/7774
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Patent No.
US 12,543,417
App. No.
17/995,109
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emission device including a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, and a fluorescent member including a first fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 510 nm or more and less than 580 nm, a second fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 580 nm or more and 680 nm or less and a full width at half maximum of 15 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a third fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 600 nm or more and 650 nm or less and a full width at half maximum of 14 nm or less, and having a melanopic ratio (MR) value in a specified range at a certain correlated color temperature.

Claims (39)

1 . A light emission device comprising

a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, and

a fluorescent member comprising fluorescent materials including a first fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 510 nm or more and less than 580 nm, a second fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 580 nm or more and 680 nm or less and a full width at half maximum of 15 nm or more and 100 nm or less in a light emission spectrum, and a third fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 600 nm or more and 650 nm or less and a full width at half maximum of 14 nm or less in a light emission spectrum,

wherein the light emission device has a melanopic ratio (MR) value at a correlated color temperature that satisfies any of the following (1) to (5):

(1) the MR value is in a range of 0.47 or more and 0.73 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 2,000 K or more and less than 2,800 K;

(2) the MR value is in a range of 0.53 or more and 0.81 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 2,800 K or more and less than 3,500 K;

(3) the MR value is in a range of 0.68 or more and 1.00 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 3,500 K or more and less than 4,500 K;

(4) the MR value is in a range of 0.84 or more and 1.18 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 4,500 K or more and less than 5,700 K;

(5) the MR value is in a range of 1.00 or more and 1.40 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 5,700 K or more and less than 7,200 K.

2 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the melanopic ratio (MR) value at a correlated color temperature satisfies any of the following (1′) to (5′):

(1′) the MR value is in a range of 0.47 or more and 0.63 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 2,000 K or more and less than 2,800 K;

(2′) the MR value is in a range of 0.53 or more and 0.71 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 2,800 K or more and less than 3,500 K;

(3′) the MR value is in a range of 0.68 or more and 0.90 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 3,500 K or more and less than 4,500 K;

(4′) the MR value is in a range of 0.84 or more and 1.08 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 4,500 K or more and less than 5,700 K; and

(5′) the MR value is in a range of 1.00 or more and 1.30 or less when the correlated color temperature is in a range of 5,700 K or more and less than 7,200 K.

3 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material has a composition represented by the following formula (1A):

(Ln 1-a Ce a ) 3 (Al 1-b Ga b ) 5 O 12   (1A)

wherein Ln includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Lu, and Tb; and a and b each satisfy 0.001≤a≤0.2 and 0≤b≤1.0.

4 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material has a content ratio in a range of 20% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the fluorescent materials contained in the fluorescent member.

5 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the second fluorescent material has a composition represented by the following formula (2A):

Sr 5 Ca t Al u Si v N w :Eu  (2A)

wherein s, t, u, v, and w each satisfy 0≤s<1, 0<t≤1, s+t≤1, 0.9≤u≤1.1, 0.9≤v≤1.1, and 2.5≤w≤3.5.

6 . The light emission device according claim 1 , wherein the second fluorescent material has a content ratio in a range of 0.5% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the fluorescent materials contained in the fluorescent member.

7 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the third fluorescent material has a composition represented by the following formula (3D):

A 2 [M 5 1-a1 Mn 4+ a1 F 6 ]  (3D)

wherein A includes at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and ammonium ions; M 5 includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group 4 elements, Group 13 elements, and Group 14 elements; and a1 satisfies 0.01<a1<0.2.

8 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the third fluorescent material has a content ratio in a range of 5% by mass or more and 70% by mass or less relative to total amount of the fluorescent materials contained in the fluorescent member.

9 . The light emission device according to a claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent member further comprises a fourth fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength that is different from the light emission peak wavelength of the first fluorescent material and is in a range of 470 nm or more and 550 nm or less.

10 . The light emission device according to claim 9 , wherein the fourth fluorescent material has at least one composition selected from the following formulae (4a) and (4b):

(Sr 1-v1 M 1 v1 ) 4 Al 14 O 25 :Eu  (4a)

wherein M 1 includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, and Zn, and v1 satisfies 0≤v1≤0.5; and

M 2 8 MgSi 4 O 16 X 2 :Eu  (4b)

wherein M 2 includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and X includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.

11 . The light emission device according to claim 9 , wherein the fourth fluorescent material has a content ratio in a range of 1% by mass or more and 70% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the fluorescent materials contained in the fluorescent member.

12 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission device has an average color rendering index Ra of 80 or more.

13 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission device has an average color rendering index Ra of 90 or more.

14 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission device has a special color rendering index R9 of 50 or more.

15 . The light emission device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission device has a special color rendering index R15 of 85 or more.

16 . A light fixture comprising the light emission device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2022
From: MATSUMOTO, MIKA; FUJIO, KAZUSHIGE; BANDO, ATSUSHI
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-062103 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
JP 2021-010727 · Jan 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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