Phosphor plate and lighting device including the same

• US 10,451,245 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, In Jae, Kim, Won Jin, Park, Jin Gyeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ashok
• Application Number:
  US15/502,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20170234506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/64 using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/66 Details of globes or covers forming part of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/101 permanently, e.g. welding, gluing or riveting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/049 Patterns or structured surfaces for diffusing light, e.g. frosted surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/08 the material comprising photoluminescent substances
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/502 Wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/504 Elements with two or more wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/505 characterised by the shape, e.g. plate or foil

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a phosphor plate, which is a plate-shaped photo-conversion structure in which a phosphor is dispersed inside of a glass matrix, and has an uneven surface comprising at least one type of pattern, formed on at least one surface of the both surfaces of the plate, wherein the pattern occupies 70-95% of the area of the one surface.

Claims

1. A phosphor plate comprising:

a matrix having one surface and an other surface opposite the one surface;

a phosphor dispersed inside the matrix; and

an uneven surface disposed on at least one of the one surface and the other surface and having one or more patterns,

wherein the patterns occupy 70% to 95% of a whole surface area of either the one surface or the other surface, and

wherein each unit of the patterns has a width (A) in a range of 5.0 μ

m and 8.0 μ

m and a height (C) or a depth (C′

) in range of 0.3 μ

m to 1.5 μ

m.

2. The phosphor plate of claim 1, wherein the patterns have a distance (B) of 7.0 μ

m to 10 μ

m, based on a central point of one unit of the patterns.

3. The phosphor plate of claim 2, wherein the matrix has a plate-shaped structure comprising a glass material.

4. The phosphor plate of claim 2, wherein the phosphor has a refractive index of 1.5 to 2.5.

5. The phosphor plate of claim 2, wherein the phosphor comprises two or more phosphors selected from the group consisting of yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG)-based, lutetium-aluminum-garnet (LuAG)-based, nitride-based, sulfide-based, and silicate-based phosphors.

6. The phosphor plate of claim 5, wherein the phosphor has a wavelength range of 530 nm to 600 nm.

7. The phosphor plate of claim 1, wherein the uneven surface has a single layout structure including a concave pattern or a convex pattern formed on a surface of the matrix, or a mixed pattern structure in which the concave pattern and the convex pattern are mixed.

8. The phosphor plate of claim 7, wherein a sum of the height (C) and the depth (C′

) of each unit of the patterns is less than or equal to 2 μ

m when the pattern formed on the uneven surface is a mixed pattern of concave shapes and convex shapes.

9. A lighting device comprising:

a light source element; and

a phosphor plate disposed below the light source element,

wherein the phosphor plate comprises a matrix having one surface and an other surface opposite the one surface, a phosphor dispersed inside the matrix, and an uneven surface disposed on either the one surface or the other surface and having one or more patterns,

wherein the patterns occupy 70% to 95% of a whole surface area of the one surface or the other surface, and

wherein each unit of the patterns has a width (A) in a range of 5.0 μ

m and 8.0 μ

m and a height (C) or a depth (C′

) in range of 0.3 μ

m to 1.5 μ

m.

10. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein a light exit surface of the light source element and the surface opposite the surface on which the uneven surface is formed are disposed in the phosphor plate to be adjacent to each other.

11. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the lighting device comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the light source element and the phosphor plate.

12. The lighting device of claim 11, wherein the adhesive layer has a thickness of 2 μ

m to 5 μ

m.

13. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the light source element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a laser diode (LD), a laser, and a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL).

14. The lighting device of claim 13, wherein the light source element is a blue light source element.

15. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein at least one surface of the light source element is coated with a molding material.

16. The lighting device of claim 15, wherein the molding material has a reflectance of 99.8% or more.