Lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10505080-B2
Application number	US-201716302724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2017
Priority date	Aug 12, 2016
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

In this case, MA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, MB is selected from a group of divalent metals, MC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, MD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, TB is selected from a group of divalent metals, TC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, TD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TE is selected from a group of pentavalent elements, TF is selected from a group of hexavalent elements, XA is selected from a group of elements which comprises halogens, XB is selected from a group of elements which comprises O, S and combinations thereof, XC=N and XD=C and E=Eu, Ce, Yb and/or Mn. The following furthermore hold true: a+b+c+d=t; e+f+g+h+i+j=u; k+l+m+n=v; a+2b+3c+4d+e+2f+3g+4h+5i+6j−k−2l−3m−4n=w; 0.8≤t≤1; −3.5≤u≤4; 3.5≤v≤4; (−0.2)≤w≤0.2 and 0≤m≤0.875 v and/or v≥1>0.125 v.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising a phosphor having the general molecular formula,
(MA) 1 (TA) 3 (TD) 1 (XB) 4 :E,

wherein
MA is selected from a group of monovalent metals which comprises Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and combinations thereof,
TA═Li
TD═Si and
XB═O and E is selected from a group which comprises Eu, Ce, Yb, Mn and combinations thereof.

2. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the phosphor has the general formula
(Na r K 1−r ) 1 (TA) 3 (TD) 1 (XB) 4 :E,

wherein
0≤r≤1.

3. The lighting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the phosphor crystallizes in the space group I4 1 /a, I4/m or P−1.

4. The lighting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein 0.05<r≤0.2.

5. The lighting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein 0.4<r≤1.

6. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phosphor has the formula
(Cs,Na,K,Li) 1 (TA) 3 (TD) 1 (XB) 4 :E.

7. The use of a lighting device as claimed in claim 1 for the backlighting of display devices.

8. A display device comprising a lighting device as claimed in claim 1 .

9. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phosphor has a crystal structure in which TA and TD are surrounded by XB and the resultant structural units are linked via common corners and edges to form a three-dimensional spatial network having cavities or channels and MA is arranged in the cavities or channels.

10. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the phosphor has the general formula
(Rbr′Li1−r′)1(TA)3(TD)1(XB)4:E,

wherein 0≤r′≤1.

11. The lighting device as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein 0.25≤r′≤0.75.

12. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the phosphor has the general formula
(K 1−r′−r′″ Na r″ Li r′″ ) 1 (TA) 3 (TD) 1 (XB) 4 :E,

wherein 0<r″<0.5 and 0<r′″<0.5.

13. The lighting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the phosphor crystallizes in the space group I4/m or C2/m.

14. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the phosphor has the general formula
(Rb r* Na 1−r* ) 1 (TA) 3 (TD) 1 (XB) 4 :E 0< r*< 1.

15. The lighting device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the phosphor crystallizes in the space group I4/m or C2/m.

16. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lighting device is a conversion light-emitting diode, comprising
a primary radiation source configured to emit an electromagnetic primary radiation during operation of the diode,
a conversion element comprising the phosphor, said conversion element being arranged in the beam path of the electromagnetic primary radiation, wherein the phosphor is configured at least partly to convert the electromagnetic primary radiation into an electromagnetic secondary radiation during operation of the lighting device.

Assignees

• Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh

Inventors

• Seibald Markus
• Baumann Dominik
• Fiedler Tim
• Lange Stefan
• Huppertz Hubert
• Dutzler Daniel
• Schroeder Thorsten
• Bichler Daniel
• Peschke Simon

Classifications

• C09K11/0883

  Arsenides; Nitrides; Phosphides · CPC title

• G02F1/133603

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G02F1/133609

  including means for improving the color mixing, e.g. white · CPC title

• C09K11/7734 Primary

  Aluminates · CPC title

• H01L33/502 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic