Light-radiating semiconductor component with a luminescence conversion element
First Claim
1. A light-radiating semiconductor component comprisinga semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence comprising layers based on GaN and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation of the semiconductor component;
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a first transparent encapsulation directly covering the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the luminescence conversion element is a luminescence conversion layer applied directly on the first transparent encapsulation; and
a second transparent encapsulation directly covering the luminescence conversion layer.
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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
a semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence comprising layers based on GaN and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation of the semiconductor component; - and
a luminescence conversion element comprising at least one luminescent material, wherein the first wavelength range comprises at least light from the blue spectral range and the luminescence conversion element is operable to convert some electromagnetic radiation from the first wavelength range into light of at least one second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range, in such a way that the semiconductor component emits white light, the white light being composed of visible light of the first wavelength range and of visible light of the at least one second wavelength range and having a spectrum, which spectrum has a first relative intensity peak in the blue spectral range, has a second relative intensity peak at a wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm, and extends at least to a wavelength of 700 nm with a full-width half-maximum (FWHM) for the second relative intensity peak of at least about 80 nm, the light-radiating semiconductor component further comprising; a first transparent encapsulation directly covering the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the luminescence conversion element is a luminescence conversion layer applied directly on the first transparent encapsulation; and a second transparent encapsulation directly covering the luminescence conversion layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A light-radiating semiconductor component comprising
a semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence comprising layers based on GaN and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation of the semiconductor component; - and
a luminescence conversion element comprising at least one luminescent material, wherein the first wavelength range comprises at least light from the blue spectral range and the luminescence conversion element is operable to convert some electromagnetic radiation from the first wavelength range into light of at least one second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range, in such a way that the semiconductor component emits white light, the white light being composed of visible light of the first wavelength range and of visible light of the at least one second wavelength range and having a spectrum, which spectrum has a first relative intensity peak in the blue spectral range, has a second relative intensity peak at a wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm, and extends at least to a wavelength of 700 nm with a full-width half-maximum (FWHM) for the second relative intensity peak of at least about 80 nm, the light radiating semiconductor component further comprising; a reflective part to which the semiconductor layer sequence is fixed and defining a first electrical terminal for the light radiating semiconductor component; a first transparent encapsulation covering the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the first transparent encapsulation comprises an inorganic glass and wherein the luminescence conversion element is a luminescence conversion layer applied on the first transparent encapsulation; a second transparent encapsulation covering the luminescence conversion layer, wherein the second transparent encapsulation comprises an epoxy resin or an inorganic glass, and a bonding wire connecting the semiconductor layer sequence to a second electrical terminal for light radiating semiconductor component, wherein the bonding wire passes through the first encapsulation, the luminescence conversion layer, and the second encapsulation.
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40. A light-radiating semiconductor component comprising
a semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence comprising layers based on GaN and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation of the semiconductor component; - and
a luminescence conversion element comprising at least one luminescent material, wherein the first wavelength range comprises at least light from the blue spectral range and the luminescence conversion element is operable to convert some electromagnetic radiation from the first wavelength range into light of at least one second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range, in such a way that the semiconductor component emits white light, the white light being composed of visible light of the first wavelength range and of visible light of the at least one second wavelength range and having a spectrum, which spectrum has a first relative intensity peak in the blue spectral range, has a second relative intensity peak at a wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm with a full-width half-maximum (FWHM) for the second relative intensity peak of at least about 80 nm, and wherein the spectrum extends at least to a wavelength of 700 nm with an intensity of at least about 5% of the intensity of the second relative intensity peak, the light-radiating semiconductor component further comprising; a reflective part to which the semiconductor layer sequence is fixed and defining a first electrical terminal for the light radiating semiconductor component; a first transparent encapsulation covering the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the first transparent encapsulation comprises an inorganic glass and wherein the luminescence conversion element is a luminescence conversion layer applied on the first transparent encapsulation; a second transparent encapsulation covering the luminescence conversion layer, wherein the second transparent encapsulation comprises an epoxy resin or an inorganic glass, and a bonding wire connecting the semiconductor layer sequence to a second electrical terminal for light radiating semiconductor component, wherein the bonding wire passes through the first encapsulation, the luminescence conversion layer, and the second encapsulation.
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