IP Library Granted Patent US 8,450,921
Granted Patent B2
US 8,450,921 · App. 13/562,093 · Granted May 28, 2013

Wavelength conversion structure, manufacturing methods thereof, and lighting emitting device including the wavelength conversion structure

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Patent No.
US 8,450,921
App. No.
13/562,093
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wavelength conversion structure comprises a phosphor layer comprising a first part and a second part formed on the first part, wherein the first part and the second part have a plurality of pores, a first material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the first part, a second material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the second part and a plurality of phosphor particles, wherein the plurality of phosphor particles is distributed in the first material layer and the second material layer.

Claims (36)

1. A wavelength conversion structure, comprising:

a phosphor layer comprising a first part and a second part formed on the first part, wherein the first part and the second part have a plurality of pores;

a first material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the first part;

a second material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the second part; and

a plurality of phosphor particles,

wherein the plurality of phosphor particles is distributed in the first material layer and the second material layer.

2. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , further comprises a substrate on a side of the first material layer.

3. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 2 , wherein the substrate comprises a conductive substrate.

4. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first material layer comprises a metallic oxide, and/or the second material layer comprises silica or glass.

5. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the first material layer is between 1.8 and 2, and/or the refractive index of the second material layer is between 1.3 and 1.6.

6. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer comprises yellow phosphor.

7. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first part is 0.5 to 0.9 times a thickness of the phosphor layer.

8. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the second material layer is higher than a top surface of the phosphor layer.

9. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 2 , wherein a surface of the substrate is a flat surface, a curved surface, or a convex surface.

10. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the difference of refractive index between the phosphor layer and the first material layer is smaller than 0.3.

11. A wavelength conversion structure according to claim 2 , wherein the refractive index of the substrate is smaller than that of the phosphor layer.

12. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure comprising the steps:

providing a substrate;

forming a phosphor layer on the substrate, the phosphor layer comprising a first part and a second part, wherein the first part and the second part comprise a plurality of pores;

forming a first material layer in the plurality of pores of the first part; and

forming a second material layer in the plurality of pores of the second part.

13. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein the phosphor layer is formed on the substrate by electrophoresis or gravity deposition method.

14. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein the first material layer is formed in the plurality of pores of the first part by electroplating method, chemical vapor deposition method, or sol-gel method, and/or the second material layer is formed by filling with glue.

15. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein a thickness of the first part is 0.5 to 0.9 times a thickness of the phosphor layer.

16. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein an upper surface of the second material layer is higher than a top surface of the phosphor layer.

17. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein the refractive index of the substrate is smaller than that of the phosphor layer.

18. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein a thickness of the wavelength conversion structure is uniform or non-uniform.

19. A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion structure according to claim 12 , wherein the difference of refractive index between the phosphor layer and the first material layer is smaller than 0.3.

20. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting unit disposed on the substrate;

a first light guide layer covering the light-emitting unit on the substrate; and

a wavelength conversion structure on the first light guide layer, wherein the wavelength conversion structure comprises:

a phosphor layer comprising a first part and a second part, wherein the first part on the first light guide layer, the second part on the first part, and the first part and the second part have a plurality of pores;

a first material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the first part; and

a second material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the second part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2012
From: HSIEH, MIN-HSUN; HUANG, YI-JUI; HONG, STEVE MENG-YUAN; HSU, MING-CHI
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028998/0214 →