Light-radiating semiconductor component with a luminescence conversion element
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1. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
- a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range;
said luminescence conversion element comprising a luminescence conversion layer produced from a silicone and containing inorganic luminescence material selected from the group consisting of garnets doped with rare earths, alkaline earth metal sulfides doped with rare earths, thiogallates doped with rare earths, aluminates doped with rare earths, and orthosilicates doped with rare earths.
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Abstract
The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
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1. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range;
said luminescence conversion element comprising a luminescence conversion layer produced from a silicone and containing inorganic luminescence material selected from the group consisting of garnets doped with rare earths, alkaline earth metal sulfides doped with rare earths, thiogallates doped with rare earths, aluminates doped with rare earths, and orthosilicates doped with rare earths. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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2. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range,, wherein said second wavelength range includes wavelengths at least some of which are longer than wavelengths of said first wavelength range, and said luminescence conversion element comprises a plurality of layers with mutually different wavelength conversion properties. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 54, 63)
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3. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range,, wherein said luminescence conversion element is selected from the group consisting of at least one luminescence conversion layer disposed in a vicinity of said semiconductor body and a luminescent conversion encapsulation enclosing at least a part of said semiconductor body and partial regions of said first and second electrical terminals, and wherein said luminescence conversion element includes light-diffusing particles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 36, 37)
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4. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range,, wherein said luminescence conversion element is selected from the group consisting of at least one luminescence conversion layer disposed in a vicinity of said semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion encapsulation enclosing at least a part of said semiconductor body and partial regions of said first and second electrical terminals, wherein a transparent encapsulation includes light diffusing particles.
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5. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range;
whereinsaid luminescence conversion element comprising a luminescence conversion encapsulation produced from a silicone and containing inorganic luminescence material selected from the group consisting of garnets doped with rare earths, alkaline earth metal sulfides doped with rare earths, thiogallates doped with rare earths, aluminates doped with rare earths, and orthosilicates doped with rare earths. - View Dependent Claims (48, 55, 58, 59, 69)
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6. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
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a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range; and
said luminescence conversion element being formed such that the radiation of the first wavelength range passes through said luminescence conversion element along a plurality of paths, the plurality of paths having a substantially equal path length inside said luminescence conversion element, and said luminescence conversion element emitting a substantial portion of the radiation of the first wavelength range and the radiation of the second wavelength range, wherein said luminescence conversion element is directly deposited on said semiconductor body; and
wherein the radiation emitted by said semiconductor body has a luminescence intensity maximum at a wavelength of or below 520 nm. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53)
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