Bluish green phosphor and light emitting device package including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10069046-B2
Application number	US-201414417494-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2013
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a bluish green phosphor represented by Formula 1 below. In particular, the bluish green phosphor and a light emitting device package including the same may have superior luminescence characteristics and improved temperature stability by selecting composition ratios of each ingredients included in a composition formula and ions and thereby minimizing lattice defects in a crystal structure:

A a B b O c N d G e :RE h   [Formula 1]
wherein A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra elements, B is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge and Sn elements, O means oxygen, N means nitrogen, G is any one of C, Cl, F and Br elements, C means Carbon, RE is at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Sm, Er, Yb, Dy, Gd, Tm, Lu, 0<a≤15, 0<b≤15, 0<c≤15, 0<d≤20, 0<e≤10, and 0<h≤10.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bluish green phosphor represented by Formula 2 below:
Ba x Mg y B b O c N d G e :Pm h   [Formula 2]

wherein B is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge and Sn elements, O means oxygen, N means nitrogen, G is any one of Cl, F and Br elements, 0.5<x≤15, 0<y≤10, 0.5<x+y≤15, 0<e≤10, and 0<h≤10,
wherein 0.5≤x≤2.5, 0<y≤0.5, and 0.5<x+y≤2.5,
wherein a wavelength area of 300 nm to 500 nm is used as an excitation source and luminescence wavelength is 460 nm to 540 nm,
wherein a ratio of y/x satisfies 0<y/x≤0.4, and
wherein the bluish green phosphor has a single phase crystal structure by transferring Mg 2+ ions to lattices of Ba 2+ cathode ion sites.

2. The bluish green phosphor according to claim 1 , wherein, Formula 2, B is Si.

3. A light emitting device package comprising:
at least one light emitting device emits light of an ultraviolet wavelength area or a blue wavelength area; and
a molding part disposed on the at least one light emitting device and comprising a phosphor composition,
wherein the phosphor composition comprises the bluish green phosphor according to claim 1 ;
any one of a green phosphor or a yellow phosphor; and
a red phosphor.

4. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the green phosphor or the yellow phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 510 nm to 570 nm, and
the red phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 610 nm to 670 nm.

5. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the green phosphor and yellow phosphor is (Lu,Gd) 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ or (Y,Gd) 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ .

6. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein the red phosphor is (Sr,Ca)AlSiN 3 :Eu 2+ or (Sr,Ba,Ca) 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu 2+ .

7. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein the phosphor composition is comprised in the molding part in a dispersive type; a conformal type; or a remote type.

8. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein the molding part comprises a resin part, and
the bluish green phosphor is included in 0.1 or more and 99 or less parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the resin part.

9. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein a color rendering index (CRI) is 60 Ra or more and 99 Ra or le at a color temperature (CCT) of 2,000K to 10,000 K.

10. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the green phosphor or the yellow phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 525 nm to 535 nm,
the red phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 625 nm to 635 nm, and
the bluish green phosphor has a weight ratio as follows:
0 wt %<M<50 wt %

wherein M={mb/(mb+mg+mr)}*100, mb is the weight of the bluish green phosphor, mg is the weight of any one of the green and yellow phosphor, and mr is the weight of the red phosphor.

11. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the green phosphor or yellow phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 520 nm to 530 nm,
the red phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 650 nm to 665 nm, and
the bluish green phosphor has a weight ratio as follows:
0 wt %<M<20 wt %

wherein M={mb/(mb+mg+mr)}*100, mb is the weight of the bluish green phosphor, mg is the weight of any one of the green and yellow phosphor, and mr is the weight of the red phosphor.

12. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the green and yellow phosphor has central luminescence wavelength of 535 nm to 545 nm,
the red phosphor has a central luminescence wavelength of 650 nm to 665 nm, and
the bluish green phosphor has a weight ratio as follows:
0 wt %<M<40 wt %

wherein M={mb/(mb+mg+mr)}*100, mb is the weight of the bluish green phosphor, mg is the weight of any one of the green and yellow phosphor, and mr is the weight of the red phosphor.

13. The light emitting device package according to claim 12 , wherein, when a weight ratio of the bluish green phosphor is 5 wt % to 35 wt %, a color rendering index (CRI) is between 90 Ra and 99 Ra.

14. The light emitting device package according to claim 3 , wherein the light emitting device package has luminescence wavelength peaks such as a first peak at 440 nm to 460 nm, a second peak at 490 nm to 510 nm, a third peak at 530 nm to 540 nm, and a fourth peak at 650 nm to 655 nm.

15. The bluish green phosphor according to claim 1 , wherein the luminescence wavelength comprises only one emission peak, and
wherein the central wavelength of the luminescence wavelength of the only one emission peak is 490 nm to 500 nm.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoo Jae Soo
• Kim Jin Sung
• Yoo Jong Woo
• Yoo Ju A
• Lee Seong Wook

Classifications

• C09K11/7739

  with halogens · CPC title

• C09K11/7791

  with alkali or alkaline earth metals · CPC title

• C09K11/655

  Aluminates; Silicates · CPC title

• C09K11/7774

  Aluminates · CPC title

• C09K11/7733

  with alkali or alkaline earth metals · CPC title