IP Library Granted Patent US 8,598,618
Granted Patent B2
US 8,598,618 · App. 12/988,330 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

White light emitting device, backlight, liquid crystal display device, and illuminating device

Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii (Yokohama, JP); Hajime Takeuchi (Yokohama, JP); Ryo Sakai (Yokohama, JP); Yasumasa Ooya (Chigasaki, JP); Yasuhiro Shirakawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,598,618
App. No.
12/988,330
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A white light emitting device includes a blue light emitting diode chip that emits blue light in a specific wavelength band, a first resin layer that seals the blue light emitting diode chip and includes a cured product of silicone resin, and a second resin layer that covers the first resin layer and includes phosphor powder, which absorbs the blue light and emits light in a specific wavelength band, and a cured product of transparent resin. The phosphor powder has a composition represented by the following Formula (1): (Sr 1-x-y Ba x Eu y ) 2 SiO 4   (1) (in Formula (1), x and y satisfy a condition that 0.05<x<0.5 and 0.05<y<0.3.) The first resin layer has thickness within a range of 200 μm to 2000 μm. The white light emitting device has high luminance for a long period.

Claims (18)

1. A white light emitting device comprising:

a blue light emitting diode chip that emits blue light having a light emission peak wavelength of 430 nm to 490 nm;

a first resin layer that seals the blue light emitting diode chip and includes a cured product of silicone resin having substantially no phosphors included therein; and

a second resin layer that covers the first resin layer and includes phosphor powder, which absorbs the blue light and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength of 500 nm to 570 nm, and a cured product of transparent resin, wherein

the phosphor powder has a composition represented by the following Formula (1):

(Sr 1-x-y Ba x Eu y ) 2 SiO 4   (1)

(in Formula (1), x and y satisfy a condition that 0.36≦x<0.5 and 0.05<y<0.3,

an average particle diameter of the phosphor powder is within a range of 30 μm to 80 μm,

a content of the phosphor powder in the second resin layer is 20 weight % to 50 weight %, and

the first resin layer has thickness within a range of 200 μm to 2000 μm, the thickness being a length of a portion present in the first resin layer in a segment connecting a center portion of a bottom surface of the blue light emitting diode chip and a surface of the second resin layer.

2. The white light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is within a range of 500 μm to 1000 μm.

3. The white light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second resin layer has a thickness within a range of 1000 μm to 5000 μm, the thickness being a length of a portion present in the second resin layer in a segment connecting the center portion of the bottom surface of the blue light emitting diode chip and the surface of the second resin layer.

4. The white light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the phosphor powder, y in Formula (1) satisfies a condition that 0.1<y<0.15.

5. The white light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the phosphor powder, x and y in Formula (1) satisfy a condition that 0.36≦x≦0.45 and 0.1≦y≦0.15.

6. The white light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein, the blue light emitting diode chip has peak forward current equal to or larger than 100 mA.

7. A backlight, wherein the white light emitting device according to claim 1 is used as a light source.

8. A liquid crystal display device comprising the backlight according to claim 7 .

9. An illuminating device, wherein the white light emitting device according to claim 1 is used as a light source.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 26, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO.,LTD.
To: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 058251/0316 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057436/0701 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 025173 FRAME 0213. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 16, 2010
From: ISHII, TSUTOMU; TAKEUCHI, HAJIME; SAKAI, RYO; OOYA, YASUMASA; SHIRAKAWA, YASUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025365/0454 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2010
From: ISHII, TSUTOMU; TAKEUCHI, HAJIME; SAKAI, RYO; OOYA, YASUMASA; SHIRAKAWA, YASUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025173/0213 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-107973 · Apr 17, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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