Led with Improve Light Emittance Profile

• US 20080284329A1
• Filed: 06/10/2005
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Bertram, Dietrich, Justel, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/570,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20080284329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/506
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/08 with a plurality of light emitting regions, e.g. laterally discontinuous light emitting layer or photoluminescent region integrated within the semiconductor body H01L27/15 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/504 Elements with two or more wavelength conversion materials

Abstract

The present invention relates to a LED comprising at least one red light emitting and/or conversion layer, which emits light in the wavelength of ≧550 nm to ≦750 nm, preferably ≧630 nm to ≦700 nm, and/or at least one blue light emitting layer, which emits light in the wavelength of ≧400 nm to ≦550 nm, preferably ≧420 nm to ≦500 nm, and/or at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescence material, which emits light in the wavelength ≧530 nm to ≦610 nm, whereby the at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescence material is capable of absorbing light which is emitted by the at least one blue light emitting layer, characterized in that the red light emitting and/or conversion layer is made of a semiconductor material.

Claims

1. A LED comprising:

at least one red light emitting and/or conversion layer, which emits light in the wavelength of ≧

550 nm to ≦

750 nm,

at least one blue light emitting layer, which emits light in the wavelength of ≧

400 nm to ≦

550 nm and

at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescence material, which emits light in the wavelength ≧

530 nm to ≦

610 nm, whereby the at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescence material is capable of absorbing light which is emitted by the at least one blue light emitting layer,

characterized in that the red light emitting and/or conversion layer is made of a semiconductor material.

2. A LED according to claim 1, whereby the at least one red light emitting and/or conversion layer, is capable of absorbing light which is emitted by the at least one blue light emitting layer.

3. A LED according to claim 1, whereby

the red light emitting and/or conversion layer is selected from a group comprising Al_xIn_yGa_zP (x+y+z=1), Al_xGa_1-xP (x≧

0 and ≦

1), Al_xGa_1-xAs_yP_{1-y (x≧}

0 and ≦

1;

y≧

0 and ≦

1), Al_xGa_y In_zAs_uP_1-u (x+y+z=1;

u≧

0 and ≦

1) or mixtures thereof; and

/or

the blue light emitting layer is selected from a group comprising Al_xIn_yGa_zP (x+y+z=1), Al_xGa_1-xP (x≧

0 and ≦

1), Al_xGa_1-xAs_yP_1-y (x≧

0 and ≦

1;

y≧

0 and ≦

1), Al_xGa_y In_zAs_uP_1-u (x+y+z=1;

u≧

0 and ≦

1) or mixtures thereof; and

/or

the green and/or yellow light emitting lumninescence material is selected from a group comprising Ba_xSr_1-xGa₂S₄;

Eu (X≧

0 and ≦

1), Ba_xSr_1-xSiO₄;

Eu (x≧

0 and ≦

1), SrSi₂N₂O₂;

Eu (x≧

0 and ≦

1), (Y_xGd_1-x)₃ (Al_1-yGa_y)₅O₁₂;

Ce (x≧

0 and ≦

1;

y≧

0 and ≦

1), (Y_xGd_1-x)₃ (Al_1-yGa_y)₅O₁₂;

Ce;

Ce,Pr (x≧

0 and ≦

1;

y≧

0 and ≦

1) or mixtures thereof

4. A LED according to claim 1, which has in the colour temperature range of ≧

2000 to ≦

6000 a color rendering Ra₈ of ≧

80 and ≦

100.

5. A LED according to claim 1 with a light efficacy of ≧

30 lumen/W and ≦

60 lumen/W, preferably ≧

35 lumen/W and ≦

55 lumen/W and most preferred ≧

40 lumen/W and ≦

50 lumen/W.

6. A LED according to claim 1 whereby

the light emission spectrum of the LED comprises a light emittance band in the wavelength range of ≧

400 nm to ≦

550 nm, preferably ≧

420 nm to ≦

500 nm with a maximum emission intensity of ≧

2 W_optical to ≦

30 W_optical and a full width at half maximum of ≧

15 and ≦

100 nm and/or

the light emission spectrum of the LED comprises a light emittance band in the wavelength range of ≧

550 nm to ≦

750 nm, preferably ≧

630 nm to ≦

700 nm with a maximum emission intensity of ≧

2 W_optical to ≦

30 W_optical and a full width at half maximum of ≧

15 and ≦

100 nm.

7. A LED according to claim 1, whereby the LED comprises a LED chip with a substrate, whereby the substrate is coated and/or covered with at least one red light emitting and/or conversion layer on one first surface and with at least one blue light emitting layer on the surface which is opposite the first surface.

8. A LED according to claim 1, whereby the LED comprises a LED chip with at least one red and at least one blue light emitting layer and whereby the LED chip is surrounded by and/or partly or completely covered with the at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescent material.

9. A LED according to claim 1, whereby ≧

90% to ≦

100%, preferably ≧

95% nm to ≦

100% of the photons emitted by the red light emitting and/or conversion layer leave the LED unabsorbed.

10. A system comprising a LED according to claim 1, the system being used in or as one or more of the following applications:

household applications

shop lighting,

home lighting,

accent lighting,

spot lighting,

theater lighting,

museum lighting,

fiber-optics applications,

projection systems,

self-lit displays,

pixelated displays,

segmented displays,

warning signs,

medical lighting applications,

indicator signs, and

decorative lighting.

Office lighting

Illumination of workplaces

Automotive front lighting

Automotive auxiliary lighting

Automotive interior lighting

11. A method of preparing a LED according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a LED chip which has a substrate

b) coating and/or covering a first surface of the substrate with at least one red light emitting and/or conversion layer;

c) coating and/or covering the surface of the substrate which is opposite to the first surface with at least one blue emitting layer, whereby the steps b) and c) may also be conducted in reverse order

d) partly or totally covering and/or surrounding the LED chip with the at least one green and/or yellow emitting luminescent material.

e) providing the LED chip and the polymer material in a mirror cup in such a way that the red light emitting and/or conversion layer of the LED chip is projecting towards one of the mirrors of the mirror cup