Light-emitting device

• US 20070052342A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Masuda, Masatsugu, Katoh, Masaaki, Memida, Yuhichi, Umeda, Hiroshi, Inoguchi, Kazuhiko, Fujita, Yuhsuke, Oouchida, Takashi, Omoto, Masatoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/515,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/487
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/0883 Arsenides; Nitrides; Phosphides
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/7734 Aluminates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/77342 Silicates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/77348 Silicon Aluminium Nitrides or Silicon Aluminium Oxynitrides
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/77742 Silicates
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/14 characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material , or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/00 Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion portion absorbing a part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength equal to or longer than the wavelength of the primary light. The wavelength conversion portion includes a plurality of green or yellow light-emitting phosphors and a plurality of red light-emitting phosphors. The green or yellow light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a specific europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor (A-1) and a specific cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor (A-2). The red light-emitting phosphor is implemented by a specific europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor (B). The light-emitting device emitting white light at efficiency and color rendering property higher than in a conventional example can thus be provided.

Claims

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a light-emitting element emitting primary light; and

a wavelength conversion portion including a plurality of green or yellow light-emitting phosphors and a plurality of red light-emitting phosphors, and absorbing a part of said primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength equal to or longer than wavelength of the primary light;

wherein

said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (A-1);

2(MI_1-aEu_a)O.SiO₂ (in General Formula (A-1), MI represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, and relation of 0.005≦

a≦

0.10 is satisfied) and a cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (A-2);

MII₃(MIII_1-bCe_b)₂(SiO₄)₃ (in General Formula (A-2), MII represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, MIII represents at least one element selected from among Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, and relation of 0.005≦

b≦

0.5 is satisfied), and

said red light-emitting phosphor is implemented by a europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (B);

(MIV_1-cEu_c)MVSiN₃ (in General Formula (B), MIV represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, MV represents at least one element selected from among Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, and relation of 0.001≦

c≦

0.05 is satisfied).

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein

said light-emitting element is implemented by a gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor emitting the primary light having a peak wavelength in a range from 430 nm to 480 nm.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein

said europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor, in which MV in General Formula (B) is at least one element selected from among Al, Ga and In, is used as said red light-emitting phosphor.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein

said europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor and said cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor serve as the green light-emitting phosphor,

the green light-emitting phosphor composed of the europium (II)-activated silicate is such that NE in General Formula (A-1) includes at least Ba and relation of Ba≧

0.5 is satisfied.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein

the green light-emitting phosphor composed of the cerium (III)-activated silicate substantially expressed in General Formula (A-2) is used as said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5, wherein

MII in General Formula (A-2) is at least one element selected from Mg and Ca.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 4, wherein

the primary light emitted by the light-emitting element has a peak wavelength in a range from 460 nm to 480 nm.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 4, attaining correlated color temperature in a range from 5700K to 7100K, general color rendering index of at least 90, and special color rendering indices R9 to R₅ of at least 90.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 4, attaining correlated color temperature in a range from 4600K to 5400K, general color rendering index of at least 90, and special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of at least 90.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein

the yellow light-emitting phosphor composed of the europium (II)-activated silicate, in which MI in General Formula (A-1) includes at least Sr and relation of Sr≧

0.5 is satisfied, is used as said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10, emitting white light at a correlated color temperature of at most 4000K.

12. A light-emitting device comprising:

a light-emitting element emitting primary light; and

a wavelength conversion portion including a plurality of green or yellow light-emitting phosphors, a plurality of red light-emitting phosphors and a plurality of blue light-emitting phosphors, and absorbing a part of said primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength equal to or longer than wavelength of the primary light;

wherein

said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (A-1);

2(MI_1-aEu_a)O.SiO₂ (in General Formula (A-1), MI represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, and relation of 0.005≦

a≦

0.10 is satisfied) and a cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (A-2);

MII₃(MIII_1-bCe_b)₂(SiO₄)₃ (in General Formula (A-2), MII represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, MIII represents at least one element selected from among Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, and relation of 0.005≦

b≦

0.5 is satisfied),

said red light-emitting phosphor is implemented by a europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (B);

(MIV_1-cEu_c)MVSiN₃ (in General Formula (B), MIV represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, MV represents at least one element selected from among Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, and relation of 0.001≦

c≦

0.05 is satisfied), and

said blue light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a europium (II)-activated halophosphate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (C-1);

(MVI,Eu)₁₀(PO₄)₆.Cl₂ (in General Formula (C-1), MVI represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba), a europium (II)-activated aluminate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (C-2);

d(MVII,Eu)O.eAl₂O₃ (in General Formula (C-2), MVII represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and relation of d>

0, e>

0 and 0.1≦

d/e≦

1.0 is satisfied), and a europium (II)- and manganese-activated aluminate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (C-3);

f(MVII,Eu_h,Mn_i)O.gAl₂O₃ (in General Formula (C-3), MVII represents at least one element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and relation of f>

0, g>

0, 0.1≦

f/g≦

1.0, and 0.001≦

i/h≦

0.2 is satisfied).

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

said light-emitting element is implemented by a gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor emitting the primary light having a peak wavelength in a range from 380 nm to 430 nm.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

said europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor, in which MV in General Formula (B) is at least one element selected from among Al, Ga and In, is used as said red light-emitting phosphor.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

said europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor and said cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor serve as the green light-emitting phosphor,

the green light-emitting phosphor composed of the europium (II)-activated silicate is such that MI in General Formula (A-1) includes at least Ba and relation of Ba≧

0.5 is satisfied.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

the green light-emitting phosphor composed of the cerium (III)-activated silicate substantially expressed in General Formula (A-2) is used as said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 16, wherein

MII in General Formula (A-2) is at least one element selected from Mg and Ca.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

the europium (II)-activated halophosphate phosphor substantially expressed as General Formula (C-1) having an emission peak wavelength in a range from 460 to 480 nm is used as said blue light-emitting phosphor.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 15, attaining correlated color temperature in a range from 5700K to 7100K, general color rendering index of at least 90, and special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of at least 90.

20. The light-emitting device according to claim 15, attaining correlated color temperature in a range from 4600K to 5400K, general color rendering index of at least 90, and special color rendering indices R9 to R15 of at least 90.

21. The light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein

the yellow light-emitting phosphor composed of the europium (II)-activated silicate, in which MI in General Formula (A-1) includes at least Sr and relation of Sr≧

0.5 is satisfied, is used as said green or yellow light-emitting phosphor.

22. The light-emitting device according to claim 21, emitting white light at a correlated color temperature of at most 4000K.